China’s Ministry of Public Security said on Dec. 16 that the country’s anti-drug authorities, acting on information from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, have seized 430 kilograms of smuggled cocaine, Xinhua News Agency reported. The drugs were seized from a suspicious international container at a port in Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong Province on Nov. 26. The case remains under further investigation, the ministry said.
Lü Xiang, a research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told Global Times on Dec. 16 that this case “demonstrates the significance of judicial cooperation on drug control between the two countries.”
Global Times added that the “global drug problem has intensified … with nearly 300 million drug users—20% more than a decade ago. Smuggling and trafficking activities have also intensified, marked by frequent large-scale cases where drugs are concealed in international cargo containers, trucks and ships. This has resulted in seizures weighing multiple tons.”
