Drug-trafficking ring busted in SW China

KUNMING -- Police in Southwest China's Yunnan province have busted a major drug-trafficking ring, arresting 26 suspects and seizing 83 kg of drugs, local authorities said on Friday.

In April 2019, railway police of Kaiyuan city arrested three suspects for transporting drugs. It was found later that all three suspects were recruited to the China-Myanmar border area as members of a multi-tiered, cross-border drug-trafficking gang that transported drugs from the border area to Sichuan, Guizhou and other places.

After months of investigation, a task force launched the arrest operation. The gang's key member was captured in Myanmar in July 2019 with the help of local police, and the remaining gang members have all been arrested in the following months, according to the Kaiyuan railway police.

The case has been transferred to the procuratorate for further investigation and prosecution, according to the police.