A Chinese court has sentenced to death five drug traffickers and 14 others to life imprisonment, according to a media report today.
Another six persons were also sentenced to death but with a two year reprieve, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The verdict coincides with the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, which is being observed today.
The Changzhi Intermediate People's Court in north China's Shanxi province also sentenced seven others to two-year jail term.
According to the Shanxi Provincial Higher People's Court, the Changzhi Intermediate People's Court yesterday delivered its verdicts in three drug-trafficking cases, involving 32 accused.
In one of the cases, 27 members of a gang were found guilty of trafficking methcathinone across provinces between August 2015 and March 2016, the court said.
June 26 is observed as the UN International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
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