4 held on suspicion of drug trafficking

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By Ke Jiayun | November 12, 2014, Wednesday |

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FOUR suspected members of an interprovincial drug trafficking gang have been detained by police in Changning District.

Some 21 kilograms of methamphetamine was found in the trunk of a van used by two suspects, police said yesterday.

According to police, one suspect, surnamed Ji, bought drugs in southern China’s Guangdong Province on a number of occasions in July.

Two other suspects, a man surnamed Qi and a woman surnamed Zhang, would bring the drugs to Shanghai by car and sell them, police said.

On September 18, police became aware that Ji had taken a flight to Shenzhen in Guangdong, and that Qi was driving toward the same city.

Believing that they were going to conduct a drug deal, officers were sent to Guangdong and along with Shenzhen police traced Qi’s van.

Qi drove back to Shanghai on September 24, a day after Ji had returned on a flight.

Police stopped his van at dawn on September 25, held Qi and an occupant surnamed Wang, and seized the drugs.

Ji and Zhang were later held in a hotel room.

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