Over 19 Kg of Drug "Ice" Seized in SW ChinaBorder guards in southwest China's Yunnan Province confiscated 19.12 kilograms of the drug " ice" early Wednesday morning, according to local official sources.Frontier police stationed in Lincang County found two bags of refined "ice," the street name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, which were dropped by two suspects after a fierce gunfight. The suspected traffickers fled overseas, the police said. Yunnan, neighboring the notorious "Golden Triangle" area, has been used as a major passage for drug trafficking by international drug dealers. The Yunnan Frontier Defense Bureau has uncovered 67 drug cases in the first half of the year, involving 25 kilograms of heroin, which the traffickers hid in their body cavities. The Chinese government has been taking an active part in international cooperation on controlling narcotics and seen measurable success. Sources from the China National Narcotics Control Commission (NNCC) said that in the first half of this year, China had stepped up its anti-drug cooperation with Laos, Myanmar and other countries. |
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