Cross-border efforts hit illegal drugs

China and three other countries with territory in the Greater Mekong subregion arrested more than 10,000 suspected drug traffickers and seized 100 million methamphetamine pills during joint operations last year, according to a statement by the Public Security Ministry issued on Tuesday.

Officers also impounded half a metric ton of meth crystals, 1.3 metric tons of heroin and nearly 300 metric tons of precursor chemical materials used in the manufacture of drugs.

The coordinated action resulted in charges connected to around 9,000 drug crimes.