16 foreigners detained as triad gang busted

Sixteen foreign suspects and two local residents were detained in three cities in Guangdong province after police busted a triad-related gang.

A senior police officer said on Tuesday that police in Guangzhou cooperated over the detentions with their counterparts in Foshan and Dongguan.

"The Mafia-like criminal gang was investigated and found to have been involved with robbery, racketeering, ... drugs and related crimes since being established in 2009," said Xie Zheyuan, deputy director of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau.