Police step up efforts against smugglers

Police in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region will crack down on illegal border crossings into Vietnam to halt the smuggling of drugs and trafficking of wild animals.

"We have boosted our efforts to tackle such cases and will reward those who provide tips," said a senior official from the Guangxi Frontier Inspection Department who declined to be named.

The official said that in many cities in Guangxi, such as Nanning and Liuzhou, frontier-inspection police have been conducting special operations that target criminals engaged in smuggling.