Smugglers hid 1.8kg of drugs in paintings

Duo caught at Beijing airport charged, face death penalty

Prosecutors have charged two men with drug smuggling after they were caught collecting paintings stuffed with almost 2 kilograms of narcotics at Beijing Capital International Airport.

Xia and Gao, both from Hubei province, are accused of being part of a gang that attempted to traffic "magu" from Myanmar to the capital.