Rewards offered for capture of traffickers

Police in Lufeng, Guangdong province, offered rewards of 26 million yuan ($3.8 million) for the capture of 130 suspected fugitive drug traffickers.

An informant could be paid as much as 200,000 yuan for tipping off police, a statement released by Lufeng city bureau of public security said.

"The statement, which was published on the bureau's websites and local media over the weekend indicates the police have increased their efforts to pursue and capture the suspected drug traffickers, who are now on the run," a local police officer, who did not want to be named, said on Monday.