Seventeen Drug Traffickers Executed In SW China

Seventeen drug traffickers were executed Monday in Chongqing, southwestern China.

The executed include four members of a family involved in drug dealing, a local report said.

Since last year's International Anti-Drug Day, police in Chongqing municipality have handled 4,955 drug-related cases, detaining 2,615 drug dealers and seizing 98 kg of heroin, 632 MDMA tablets, or amphetamines, said a local official responsible for anti-drug work.



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