Illegal drugs go up in smoke in Guangdong_美文

Illegal drugs go up in smoke in Guangdong

Guangdong authorities have burned a total of 16.9 metric tons of drugs since the beginning of the month, Li said.

Dongguan, where Lin burned 1.15 million kg of opium on June 3, 1839, has become a major theater in Guangdong's anti-drug war, according to the city's narcotics control commission.

Guo Shaobo, deputy director-general of Guangdong's department of public security, said the province has achieved marked progress in fighting drugs and drug-related crimes in a province wide anti-drug campaign that was launched last August.

Guangdong police, together with public security units in Yunnan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi and Fujian provinces, seized 375 kg of ketamine, 40 kg of cocaine and more than 20,000 ecstasy pills during the operations.

Guo Shengkun, head of the National Narcotics Control Commission, has called for a "people's war" to stop the spread of drugs, Xinhua News Agency reported.

Guo made the remarks as he inspected drug-control operations in Beijing communities on Wednesday.

Guo said he wanted various members of society, including volunteers and community workers, to help with drug control, education and the rehabilitation of addicts.