2.4 tonnes of crystal meth seized in China

A police officer checks the drugs seized during a raid in Guangdong Province. [photo: Shanghaidaily/Ti Gong]

Shanghai police have busted a drug gang operating in Shanghai and south China's Guangdong Province, with about 2.4 tonnes of methamphetamine seized, Shanghai police said on Thursday.

The biggest drug seizure by Shanghai police ever led to the arrest of 28 suspects. A huge methamphetamine lab has been broken up and a large amount of raw materials and equipment seized. Two guns, four vehicles and 1.5 million yuan (240,000 US dollars) were also seized, police said.

In August last year, Shanghai police began tracking a man called Hu from central China's Hunan Province who was known to sell drugs in Shanghai and Guangdong. On Jan. 20, police arrested three suspects and found 40 kilograms of methamphetamine in Shanghai. The whole gang was taken down in Guangdong on Jan. 30.