Police detain pair for death of environment inspector in Zhejiang

Police detained two people in Wenling, Zhejiang province, on Saturday night after an environmental protection inspector was run over and killed, the local government said on Sunday.

The suspects, surnamed Jiang and Wang, were inside the vehicle that hit Chen Ben, 30, an official at Wenling's environmental protection bureau, around 6 pm on Saturday, the local government's information office said in a post on its WeChat account.

Chen had been investigating a pollution case in Ruoheng township as part of an environmental protection enforcement team organized by the local environment and public security authorities, the post said.