Police seize 3 tons of meth in China

BEIJING - Chinese authorities deployed helicopters, speedboats and paramilitary police to seize 3 tons of methamphetamine in a raid on a southern village notorious for illegal drug production.

Security forces surrounded and then entered the village of Boshe, where more than a fifth of the households were suspected to be involved in or linked to the production and trafficking of drugs, Guangdong province’s police force said on its website.

Police and paramilitary forces from four cities weremobilized in Sunday’s raid, and they arrested 182 suspects who worked for 18 large drug-making rings, according to the statement late Thursday.

“The village has made a criminal drug production a ‘clan-based, industrialized operation with local protection,’” police said.

The Yangcheng Evening News, a local newspaper, said the raid involved 3,000 police officers who seized 3 tons of methamphetamine.

China routinely carries out operations targeting illicit drug rings.

Front Section, Pages 3 on 01/04/2014

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