Internet a key tool for drug traffickers

China continues to experience a rising wave of drug-related crimes, with the Internet serving as a key channel for the underground drug market, an anti-drug official said.

According to the Ministry of Public Security, police uncovered 151,000 drug crimes last year, up 24 percent from 2012.

"The Internet has become an increasingly active platform for the organization and operation of drug abuse and trafficking," Liu Yuejin, director of the ministry's narcotics control bureau, said in an interview.