Hainan police detain 15 for drug trafficking
(Shanghai Daily)
Updated: 2006-06-21 12:42 Police in southern
China's Hainan Province have detained 15 suspects and seized nearly 3 kilograms
of heroin in a cross-province drug investigation.
In a campaign against drug crime begun two years ago in the province, police
officers investigated a man, Zheng Liang, 41, suspected of distributing drugs.
In March, investigators discovered Zheng, who had disappeared for a time,
frequently traveled between Haikou, capital of Hainan, and Guangzhou, capital of
neighboring Guangdong Province.
After further investigation, officers found Zheng, with an assistant Gu
Dongchun, often went to Guangzhou on drug deals with a man from Xinjiang Uygur
Autonomous Region.
In April when criminal investigators followed Zheng and were going to capture
him and the Xinjiang man, Zheng discovered he was under surveillance.
He immediately halted the trade. The guy also changed contacts and moved to a
new residence and vanished.
In May, Zheng was found dealing drugs with another suspected trafficker Li
Gang.
On June 7, police officers captured six suspects, including Zheng, Gu and Li,
in a club on Lantian Road in Haikou. Later officers also seized another five
suspects and 800 grams of heroin.
On June 10, an undercover investigator pretending to be Zheng's assistant
contacted the Xinjiang man Zheng previously traded with.
Undercover investigators, pretending to buy heroin from him, detained the man
in a hotel in Guangzhou and seized 600 grams of heroin. Three other suspects
were captured later.
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