Local police in Sichuan Province have uncovered a major "ice" drug case involving the trafficking of 1,099 kg of "ice", or known chemically as meta-amphetamine, and an underground drug factory from which the police captured another 50 kg of liquid "ice" and 700 kg of raw material known as ephedrine.

It is the largest ever "ice" making and trafficking case reported in this southwest China province.

So far, 22 suspects have been arrested. According to their confessions, they opened underground factories to manufacture "ice " in April and October last year, respectively, in collaboration with some criminals from Taiwan.

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