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SHAANXI

World's only captive brown panda adopted

A ceremony was held on Wednesday at the Qinling research center of giant panda breeding in Shaanxi province to celebrate the adoption of the world's only captive brown giant panda. The male brown-and-white panda Qizai, or "seventh son", born in 2009, was adopted by Pandas International, a nonprofit organization based in Colorado in the United States. Granting the adoption of Qizai shows the appreciation for Pandas International, which has been donating vaccines, lab instruments, baby panda cribs and milk powder to the center and helping with its daily work, the research center said.

SHANXI

Drug smuggling ring busted, 10 arrested

Police in Shanxi province said they recently busted a cross-border drug trafficking ring, nabbing 10 suspects. Police officers of the city of Jinzhong received a tip on a suspected drug dealer last October and later uncovered a ring engaging in cross-border drug dealing based on a series of investigations. They established a special team and joined forces with police in Yunnan province to intercept 11 kilograms of drugs in the border areas. The police seized another 10 kg of methamphetamine from a prime suspect. A total of 10 suspects were arrested, and 16 addicts were found.

JILIN

9 nabbed in trafficking of wildlife products

Nine suspects have been arrested for trafficking wildlife products in Jilin province, the provincial public security bureau said on Wednesday. The bureau received a report in March that a local resident surnamed Wang was selling wild animals under Class I State protection online. The investigation into Wang led to a network that has been illegally trading wildlife products nationwide. The business chain involved 30 provincial regions. The bureau sent out five teams to capture Wang and his eight accomplices. During the operation, a total of 381 protected wildlife and products were confiscated. The animals include pythons, lizards, turtles, loris and ostriches.