Government and Policy

China probed 89,000 drug-related crimes in 2010

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-05-31 22:07

BEIJING - Chinese authorities investigated a total of 89,000 drug-related crimes and arrested 101,000 criminal suspects last year, according to an annual report recently issued by China's National Narcotics Control Commission.

China's counter-narcotics law enforcers confiscated a total of 5.3 metric tons of heroin and one metric ton of opium in 2010, said the report, which covered the country's efforts to crack down on the sale and use of illicit drugs.

Of those arrested, more than 40 were key drug traffickers from both home and abroad, the report said.

China also created new regulations last year concerning the manufacture and marketing of chemicals that are known to be used in the production of illicit drugs, according to the report.

China also tightened regulations regarding the online availability of illicit drug "recipes" and busted 46 online drug rings last year, the report said.

Intervention programs were used to treat and rehabilitate some 175,000 drug addicts last year, the report said.