Police in Fuzhou, Fujian province, recently busted a drug smuggling ring, arresting eight members and 12.5 kg of ephedrine, people.com.cn reported on Jan 22.

Police discovered in Oct that the smugglers from Fujian and Guangdong provinces would smuggle drugs overseas with the help of a courier company in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.

Police then set up a special team which succeeded in catching all of the eight members in Beijing, Guangdong and Fujian this month. The last one was caught on Jan 17.

The case is now under investigation.