NANNING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- China is working with Vietnam to crack down on drug traffickers in border areas.
Chinese police announced Wednesday that they have detained five suspected drug dealers, including four Vietnamese, as well as 18.2 kg of heroin in their third joint crackdown with Vietnam to fight drugs.
The drug trade remains rampant in China's border areas despite enhanced supervision. The problem is especially pervasive in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which borders Vietnam and has become one of the biggest channels for drug trafficking to and from China -- second only to neighboring Yunnan Province.
"A lot of drugs from the Golden Triangle and Golden Crescent areas flow to China via the border areas, while some new synthetic drugs are trafficked from China to Vietnam," said Qiu Yucheng, deputy head of the anti-drug division under Guangxi's regional department of public security.
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