China increases scrutiny

Published June 24, 2008

BEIJING, June 23: China will inspect all inbound cargoes and parcels during 2008 Olympics as part of its anti-drug effort for the event, Liu Guangping, director general office of General Administration of Customs, said on Monday.

At present, such inspections are conducted at random.

From Jan 1 to June 19, customs houses handled 159 drug trafficking cases involving 517 kilograms of drugs and 224 suspects. Liu said “Golden Crescent” was biggest inbound source of drugs to China.—Agencies

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