City's drug trade proves resilient

Zhu Ying, vice-director of the Shanghai municipal anti-drug commission and vice-director of the Shanghai municipal public security bureau, said at a press conference yesterday the city had witnessed a huge increase in the number of cases involving trafficking of several new drugs such as ice, ketamine and ecstasy, and a growth in the number of addicts.

Last year, Shanghai officials handled 16,140 cases in which they confiscated 147.52 kg of drugs and seized more than 4.32 million yuan ($565,000) in illegal earnings.