Major drug trial underway in Nanjing

A major drug trafficking trial involving 11 suspects began before the Nanjing Intermediate People's Court, on Tuesday.

According to the court, the main suspect, surnamed Liu, transported 2.95 kilograms of ice from Shenzhen to Nanjing from sometime in 2011, until April 2012, when he was arrested by local police.

On a chair in Liu's apartment Nanjing police found 910,000 yuan ($146,000) that Liu initially said was used to buy drugs, however, he now claims the money was from a construction project he was involved in. 

Liu denies being a drug trafficker, and claims that he did not know that his lover and brother, who are also on trial, were involved in the drug trade. 

The court has not yet reached a verdict.