If you thought Breaking Bad was impressive,
wait until you see this. Police in south China's
Guangdong province announced that they had
seized three tons of crystal meth during raids
on a village notorious for drug production.
In an operation between provincial paramilitary
forces and police 109 raids were launched
across four cities. In the village of Boshe
a total of 182 suspects from 18 drug production
and trafficking rings were taken in and around
23 tons of raw materials for drug production
were seized.
Twenty percent of households in the village
are directly or indirectly involved in drug
production. Drug production is managed by
families, between brothers, sisters and other
relatives, and has been industrialized in
the village. Worse still, the criminals committed
crimes, avoided investigations and violated
the law with violence under the protection
of village leaders and the local police.
Prior to the raids, Boshe had been said to
be responsible for one-third of the crystal
meth production in China.
Guangdong police started what they are calling
Thunder Operations against drug crimes in
July last year and say that they have detained
10,836 suspected traffickers and seized 8.1
tons of drugs since the campaign began.
