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Nearly 13,000 drug dealers nabbed in China in October

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IANS Beijing
Last Updated : Nov 02 2014 | 11:30 PM IST

Police in China solved 10,427 drug-related cases and apprehended 12,991 suspected drug dealers in October, the public security ministry said Sunday.

Police also confiscated around 9,140 kg of drugs.

China is witnessing a rise of drug use and drug-related crimes, said public security assistant minister and drug control bureau chief Liu Yuejin.

The anti-drug campaign found 55,981 drug users, a 52.45 percent surge compared to the same period last year.

Police busted 72 drug-making dens and meth labs and seized 8,225 kg of drug production materials.

In one case, police nabbed 10 drug dealers and confiscated more than 326,000 tablets of tramadol hydrochloride.

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First Published: Nov 02 2014 | 11:26 PM IST

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