South China police busted drug trafficking case

Police in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Guangdong Province busted a drug trafficking ring, with 22 suspects caught, authorities said Friday.

Around 170 kg of methamphetamine and ketamine and 14 vehicles were confiscated in more than 10 joint raids over the past year, according to the public security bureau of Guangxi's Guigang City.

In early 2016, Guigang police received a report and caught two suspects, seizing 19 kg of ketamine at a highway toll station in Guangxi.

The case led police to uncover a drug ring headed by a man surnamed Lin. The ring conducted criminal activities in Guangxi and Guangdong. In late August, Lin was caught in a residential community in Pingnan County.

Further investigation is under way.

China's anti-drug efforts have also intensified. Chinese police arrested 168,000 suspects for drug production or trafficking and solved 140,000 drug-related criminal cases last year.

(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)