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4 sentenced to death for drug trafficking in China

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Press Trust of India Beijing
Last Updated : Oct 16 2013 | 7:30 PM IST
A court in northeast China today sentenced four drug dealers to death.
All 11 members of the drug trafficking gang received sentences ranging from three year jail term to death penalty at Changchun City Intermediate People's Court in Jilin Province.
Among them, four people surnamed Zhang, Xu, Xia and Ni, were confirmed to have produced or trafficked the highly addictive drug methamphetamine.
Two others received death penalty with a two-year reprieve, while four were jailed for life. The other member was jailed for three years, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

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First Published: Oct 16 2013 | 7:30 PM IST

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