chinese police announced it has seized 1.3 tons of cocaine drugs suspected of originating from South America.
The Shenzhen City Police foiled the shipment of cocaine to the Port of Shanwei.
he drug is reportedly worth 1 billion yuan, equivalent to Rp 2.2 trillion. "That number is our biggest catch ever," the police said in an official statement.
In addition to seizing 1.3 tons of cocaine, police also arrested 10 people suspected of being the perpetrator of the cocaine delivery.
Ministry of Public Security of Guangdong Province explained, the investigation of the drug began in July 2017.
At that time, the police received reports of drug trafficking, and began forming a special task force a month later.
From the results of the investigation, they got word of a gang of drug dealers intending to make large shipments.
Five suspects, three of whom are from Hong Kong, were arrested along with 40 kilograms of cocaine.
Then the police again arrested three of the dealers, and secured 1,291 kilograms of cocaine.
The two leaders of the conspiracy were arrested in a country in March, and were immediately deported to China.
Furthermore, the public security department explains they are still investigating whether the cocaine will be marketed in China, or sent to other countries.
However, if marketed domestically, cocaine users in the country "Panda" is small if referring data in 2017.
Of 2.5 million drug users, 60 percent of them take synthetic drugs, 38 percent use opium, and 1.4 percent use cocaine and marijuana.
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