Police detain 12 and seize nearly 300kg of ketamine
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May 27, 2013, Monday
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POLICE in Hubei Province have seized nearly 300 kilograms of ketamine and detained 12 suspects for making and selling the drug in their latest crackdown.
The drug ring was operating out of a deserted poultry farm and deflected suspicion by claiming to be processing medicine, the public security bureau of Xishui County said on Saturday.
The investigation that uncovered the ring took more than three months, according to the bureau.
The case is still under investigation.
In Yunnan Province, police seized 25 kilograms of drugs during a two-week anti-drug trafficking campaign.
On May 18, police seized nearly 7 kilograms of methamphetamine dropped by a man who jumped into a border river after realizing police were looking for him.
On May 19, 18.52 kilograms of heroin was confiscated from two smugglers who disposed of the drugs before fleeing.
Under the country's Criminal Law, smuggling, trafficking, transporting or producing 50 grams or more of heroin is punishable by 15 years in jail, life imprisonment or the death penalty.
In 2012, police cracked 120,000 drug-related cases and arrested 130,000 suspects, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
Police confiscated 7.3 tons of heroin, 16.2 tons of methamphetamine, 4.7 tons of ketamine and more than 5,800 tons of chemical agents used to make drugs last year.
The drug ring was operating out of a deserted poultry farm and deflected suspicion by claiming to be processing medicine, the public security bureau of Xishui County said on Saturday.
The investigation that uncovered the ring took more than three months, according to the bureau.
The case is still under investigation.
In Yunnan Province, police seized 25 kilograms of drugs during a two-week anti-drug trafficking campaign.
On May 18, police seized nearly 7 kilograms of methamphetamine dropped by a man who jumped into a border river after realizing police were looking for him.
On May 19, 18.52 kilograms of heroin was confiscated from two smugglers who disposed of the drugs before fleeing.
Under the country's Criminal Law, smuggling, trafficking, transporting or producing 50 grams or more of heroin is punishable by 15 years in jail, life imprisonment or the death penalty.
In 2012, police cracked 120,000 drug-related cases and arrested 130,000 suspects, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
Police confiscated 7.3 tons of heroin, 16.2 tons of methamphetamine, 4.7 tons of ketamine and more than 5,800 tons of chemical agents used to make drugs last year.
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