9. Drug-related crimes
Actress Sun Qian signed a commitment to stay away from drugs at an anti-drug event on Aug 13, 2014 in Beijing. [Photo by Wang Zhenlong/China Daily] |
From January to May 2014, Beijing police investigated 986 cases involving drugs, an increase of 41.1 percent on the same period of the previous year, and arrested 1,033 suspects, a 40-percent increase, according to the Beijing public security department.
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