Police in China's southwestern province of Yunnan have seized
three suspected drug traffickers and confiscated 162.2 kilograms of
liquid heroin, local police source said on Monday.
After two months of probe, Yunnan anti-drug police force
captured two suspects on Dec. 25 and found 162.2 kg of liquid
heroin in their truck's gasoline tank. The third suspect was
arrested on Jan. 1 in the city of Lincang bordering Myanmar.
The haul is the first big case this year in Yunnan, a major
route for drugs smuggled out of southeast Asia's drug-flooded
"Golden Triangle" region of China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand.
Local police said they cracked down another key drug smuggling
case last November, capturing two suspects and 110 kg of
methamphetamine ice.
(Xinhua News Agency January 10, 2006)