Probe finds arms trafficking network

Chinese police have rounded up 58 suspected arms traders across 16 provinces after a monthslong investigation into an organized crime network.

Locations in 50 cities were raided, resulting in the discovery of two weapons assembly workshops, 40 foreign-made firearms and 7,779 rounds of ammunition, police in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, said in a statement on Tuesday.

The probe was launched in January when police in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, asked colleagues in Liuzhou to track 14 packages sent to the city that were believed to contain gun parts.