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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
HAIKOU, June 3 (Xinhua) — About 1,590 kg of drugs were publicly destroyed in south China’s Hainan Province on Tuesday to crack down on drug crimes and commemorate the country’s fight against opium smuggling in the 19th century.
Drugs including heroin, methamphetamine, ketamine and new drugs such as etomidate, as well as unregulated addictive substances that were seized in drug cases by Hainan courts in recent years, were burned in an incinerator at a local new energy power plant.
The drug destruction campaign, which was carried out in strict compliance with environmental protection principles, was timed to coincide with the 186th anniversary of a famous historical event during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). On June 3, 1839, high-ranking official Lin Zexu ordered the destruction of about 1,000 tons of smuggled opium confiscated from foreign traders in Humen, Guangdong Province (South China). His move was seen as the beginning of China’s fight against opium.
The centralized drug destruction demonstrated the province’s determination to strengthen drug control and combat drug crimes, according to the Hainan Provincial Public Security Bureau. -0-