Nine people in a drug trafficking gang in south China's Guangdong Province have been sentenced to death, a court in Huizhou City announced Wednesday.

The intermediate people's court in Huizhou sentenced nine to death for making and selling large quantities of drugs, with four of them given a two-year-reprieve.

The 29-member gang was accused of making, trafficking, and selling more than 2.6 tonnes of ketamine from October 2013 to May 2014.

Police busted the gang's drug-making facilities in Huicheng District of Huizhou City in May 2014, seizing more than 1.2 tonnes of ketamine on site.

Another three people were given life sentences, while others in the ring were sentenced to terms from three to 19 years, according to the court.

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