A Chinese court condemned two persons to death for attempting to smuggle 400 kilograms of methamphetamine from Southeast Asia to Taiwan by water.
According to China News Service, ten additional members of the same smuggling ring were sentenced to ten years to life in jail for the “extraordinarily massive” operation.
In the report released Wednesday, Chinese and foreign trafficking gangs operating out of China’s southern coastal province of Fujian arranged for the contraband to be smuggled by fishermen in December 2020.
The Fujian court’s decision was issued in “recent days,” according to China News Service, citing local police.
In China, the death penalty is frequently used for drug-related crimes, with an unknown number of executions taking place in secret every year.
A Chinese court condemned two persons to death for attempting to smuggle 400 kilograms of methamphetamine from Southeast Asia to Taiwan by water, official media.
