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Chinese police seized nearly 200 pounds of drugs and arrested eight suspects in a case involving gang members. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
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Put all the criminals in a cell with the 200 lbs of meth and tell them they can get out when it is used up..
8 guys
25 pounds each
It will take at least until the 4th of July.
Hey, I seen some users that might ask for seconds on that offer!
Who in their right mind would make drugs in China? Dealing is a death penalty offense there.
They didn't make the Heroin there. These guys are SOOOOO FUCCKKED NOW.
Gangs and drugs are a worldwide problem but it's usually our country that gets all the bad press.I'd never have thought that China would have a gang and drug problem due to their sever punishments.
CCP is the largest criminal gang in history, with 80 million members.
China is now receiving the benefits of their 'legal' drug trade with Mexico. China ships tons of ephedrine to Mexico every year, where it cannot be tracked once it leaves the boat. That's Mexico's law -- you can't track drugs once they're in the country (wonder which government agency lobbied for that law?) Now, Mexico can ship hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine to China and they can now see how their nefarious actions can affect their own country. India ships 'legal drugs' to Mexico, too. Nobody does much of anything about either country's assistance to the largest meth labs in the world in Mexico.
Meth is a beatable problem. Our leaders are failing us.
In the mid 1800s the Chinese fought several battles against the Western drug pushers, especially those from Britain in a war called the Boxer Rebellion. Soundly defeated, the Chinese conceded to British's demand for open importation of opium into China as well as land concessions. Hence, Hong Kong and Macao fell to Euoprean rule under a 99 year lease as part of the terms of the 'peace treaty.' Less than a decade under Western domination, approximately 2/3 of Shanghai's women were either drug addicts or became prostitutes to support their addiction. That legacy was the beginning of the enslavement of the Chinese under foreign powers and also set into motion China's fear and suspicion of foreigners.
Consequently, China has some of the most draconian punishment against narcotic traffickers and users, today.
Yup, The Opium Wars.
You are totally mixed up. The Boxer Rebellion was started by the patriotic Boxers killing christians and westerners. The Opium wars were fought for Brits selling opium to Chinese smugglers. As for pushing, there was no need. Opium was produced and consumed in China since the 1600's, long before the European merchants were allowed to land in China. Yunnan produced, and is still producing, opium preferred by Chinese for centuries. The Brits used the aqua tincture of opium, and learned from the Chinese to smoke it in pipes.
200 POUNDS? In CHINA? Guys, that's enough to supply the nearest large city there for a long weekend, not even worth bringing to the docks. Now TONS might be different entirely...
Must be the Brits shipping drugs to China again.