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82,000 drug suspects arrested in 11 months in 2009

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-01-14 23:59
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BEIJING: China's public security forces had arrested 82,000 drug suspects and cracked 70,000 drug cases from January to November last year, a senior official with the Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday.

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The suspects included 60 key Chinese and overseas drug traffickers, said Zhang Xinfeng, vice minister of public security, at a nationwide teleconference.

China's southwest Yunnan Province borders the Golden Triangle region where drugs are produced and smuggled.

The ministry has launched a 100-day nationwide winter campaign to push harder on the crack down on illegal drug dealings.
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