12,000 caught in online dope network campaign
By Ni Yinbin |
October 31, 2011, Monday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
POLICE have arrested more than 12,000 suspects and seized 308.3 kilograms of illicit drugs in a nationwide crackdown on narcotics sold through online chat rooms, the Ministry of Public Security announced yesterday.
Police busted 144 drug rings involved in narcotics production and trafficking and 22 secret drug-producing sites in the campaign.
The drive was launched after the suspects were found using online video chat rooms to conduct sales and gather drug addicts, from across the country, said Liu Yujing, a senior narcotics control official with the ministry.
The case came to light in March when police in the cities of Lanzhou and Xi'an in west China found that some netizens were trafficking drugs through online chat rooms, which were usually inaccessible to outsiders.
"The chat rooms had passwords and new faces could only enter after being introduced by acquaintances," said Man Niu, chief director of the narcotics control corps of Zhejiang Province police. "Sometimes the newcomers even had to show themselves taking drugs before being permitted to enter the rooms."
Police later found that the drug addicts in the chat rooms were from all over China.
After months of detection the ministry launched a series of nationwide raids on September 2. Among the 12,125 arrested, 66.2 percent were under 35 years of age.
Police busted 144 drug rings involved in narcotics production and trafficking and 22 secret drug-producing sites in the campaign.
The drive was launched after the suspects were found using online video chat rooms to conduct sales and gather drug addicts, from across the country, said Liu Yujing, a senior narcotics control official with the ministry.
The case came to light in March when police in the cities of Lanzhou and Xi'an in west China found that some netizens were trafficking drugs through online chat rooms, which were usually inaccessible to outsiders.
"The chat rooms had passwords and new faces could only enter after being introduced by acquaintances," said Man Niu, chief director of the narcotics control corps of Zhejiang Province police. "Sometimes the newcomers even had to show themselves taking drugs before being permitted to enter the rooms."
Police later found that the drug addicts in the chat rooms were from all over China.
After months of detection the ministry launched a series of nationwide raids on September 2. Among the 12,125 arrested, 66.2 percent were under 35 years of age.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
