Drug Suspects Nabbed

A total of 660,600 criminal suspects were arrested in 536,704 drugrelated cases between January 2013 and April 2018, said China’s top procuratorate on June 26.

The Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) also disclosed that local procuratorates prosecuted 741,260 suspects and 597,608 cases based on drug crimes during the same period.

“China’s crackdown on drugs has seen positive results, notwithstanding that there are still a large number of drug cases and suspects,” said Huang Weiping, an official with the SPP.

“The number of crimes related to new types of synthetic drugs—mainly crystal meth, yaba (a stimulant composed of methamphetamine and caffeine) and ketamine—has been rising rapidly in recent years, and suspects tend to commit crimes at a noticeably younger age,” Huang said.

Procuratorates in China have taken several measures, including launching anti-drug education in urban and rural communities, as well as providing information about antidrug work via news media.

In December 1987, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution establishing June 26 as the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Activities in China to mark the day this year were themed “healthy life, green and drug free.”