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Two drug dealers sentenced to death in E China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-05-12 15:07
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HANGZHOU - Two drug traffickers have been sentenced to death for dealing large amounts of crystal methamphetamine, or "ice", in east China's Zhejiang Province, sources with the local court said Wednesday.

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The Intermediate People's Court of Wenzhou City, Zhejiang province, sentenced Hu Zhongyi, a native of the city, to death for trafficking 3 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine between January and April 2009.

Wu Yiwei, also from Wenzhou, received death for trading 1.4 kg of crystal methamphetamine and possessing another 1 kg.

Eight others involved in drug trafficking received death sentences with reprieves, life imprisonment or jail terms.