Across China: Jilin

Drug suspects weeded out

Police in north China's Jilin Province seized 55 suspects involved in growing, processing and trafficking marijuana, said the provincial Public Security Bureau yesterday.

The police, who worked with counterparts in 19 cities in nine provinces and regions including Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Chongqing and Heilongjiang, confiscated 1,400 kg of refined marijuana, 6,200 kg semi-finished marijuana joints, 300,000 yuan ($44,000) of drug-related money, five vans for conveying marijuana and 23 controlled tools and some drug-making facilities, a report from the police detailed.