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Armed guards ensure border security around capital during APEC  

武警持枪驻守进京检查站 确保APEC会议顺利召开

通往北京外围高速路及公路检查站执行最高等级防控标准:增派实弹持枪武警站岗,民警对进京车辆上人员、物品进行抽查,对有可疑特征的车辆逢车必查,对于可疑人员和危害社会安全的危险品予以扣留……[查看全文]
2014-08-13 15:06 Ecns.cn Web Editor: Gu Liping
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Armed guards and police dog are at a border checkpoint of Beijing on August 12, 2014. [Photo: China News Service / Ren Haixia]
Armed guards and police dog are at a border checkpoint of Beijing on August 12, 2014. [Photo: China News Service / Ren Haixia]

(ECNS) -- Beijing has stepped up border security during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2014 Third Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM3) and Related Meetings, the Beijing Times reported.

The city has added 11 armed guards to each of 22 checkpoints at road entries along the city's border. Each point has also been staffed with 10 police officers who work 24-hour shifts till August 22.

Security checks are aimed at suspicious people and cargo, the report said, adding that Beijing police are also cooperating with police in neighboring provinces and cities.

Police dogs have been deployed at checkpoints to help search for explosive materials.

A police officer surnamed Wei in Tongzhou district said he had been told to carry out tasks at Baimiao checkpoint with his police dog since August 1.

Sun Jingdong, deputy head of the patrol department at the Beijing Public Security Bureau, said more security channels have been opened to avoid traffic jams at checkpoints.

Some busy crossings see more than 25,000 vehicles and 100,000 people each day.

More than 210,000 vehicles were checked from August 1 to 10, and 44 suspects were detained.

The meetings last till August 21, and the informal APEC summit will be held in November in Beijing.

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