Men tried for transporting 4 kilos of drugs by bus to Beijing

Two convicted drug dealers stood trial on new trafficking charges at Beijing No 4 Intermediate People's Court on Monday, accused of transporting nearly 4 kilos of drugs by bus.

Yu Linxiang and Wang Xinqiu, from Taoyuan county in Hunan province, transported the drugs from Zhongshan city in Guangdong province to Beijing last May, prosecutors said.

Wang pleaded guilty to trafficking the drugs, but told the court that he did not know what was in the package that Yu asked him to carry. "Yu promised me to pay me 20,000 yuan ($3,040)," but did not make the payment in the end, Wang said.

Wang was arrested on arrival in Beijing on May 9. In 2007, he was sentenced to eight years in prison for drug trafficking. He had been administratively detained for three days in 2004 for using drugs.

Yu received 10-day administrative detentions for drug use in 2009 and 2010. He was also sentenced to one year in jail for drug trafficking in 2001 and received a six-month prison sentence for theft in 2009.

The prosecutors urged a heavy penalty for the two because of their drug-related previous crimes. The verdict is pending.