Myanmar drug trafficker arrested in SW China

KUNMING - A suspected Myanmar drug trafficker was arrested by Chinese police on Monday in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities announced.

Sixteen bars of heroin weighing 8.3 kg were found wrapped with tape in the backpack of a Myanmar woman at about 10 a.m. in the Cangyuan county, according to the border police.

The woman confessed that she was promised a return of 5,000 yuan (817 U.S. dollars) to bring the drugs to China. She illegally crossed the border and got on a car but was intercepted by the police.

Cangyuan borders on Myanmar and is very close to one of the major drug sources in the world, the Golden Triangle.

Drug trafficking is a felony in China. Those convicted of trafficking more than 50 grams of heroin can face capital punishment.