The Chinese authorities have stepped up their efforts to crack down on drug-related crimes. (photo by Australian News Network)
According to the Australian News Network, China and Australia have a lot of difficulties in the joint fight against drugs, on the one hand, the problem of manufacturing drugs in China`s Guangdong Province is serious, on the other hand, there is strong demand for meth among Australians.
In recent years, Guangdong Province has been described by Australian media as China`s "drug-making home", and it is inseparable from Australia`s growing meth crisis.
Lufeng County of Guangdong Province, with a population of 1.7 million, is notorious for its drug manufacture, which many netizens call the "meth city." Today, a growing number of meth-addicts, known as meth zombies, have been addicted to drugs for many years and have suffered severe physical and mental damage.
Last week, a headlined rapist, Buda (Davut Bulduk), was called "meth zombie" by his defense counsel because the man didn`t remember having sexually assaulted a young girl. In addition, meth addict Hicks (Harley Hicks), also known as the "meth zombie," used a copper stick to beat a October-old boy, will (Zayden Veal), to death.
In addition, police last week cracked A $100 million worth of meth imports from China, arresting a total of five people. The five were charged with smuggling 101 kilograms of meth from Guangdong province. The drugs were hidden in shipping containers bound for Sydney, but were intercepted by police at Yantian Port in Shenzhen.
The report said that the amount of meth smuggling is very large, but this is not the first time, nor will it be the last time.
Cohen (John Coyne), head of border defense at Australia`s Institute for Strategic Policy Research, told Australian news website that there were many factors that contributed to the "perfect storm" (perfect storm). Between China and Australia. "the first is the temptation, with Australian drugs retailing at higher prices than the rest of the world and therefore profitable; second, drugs exported from Guangdong are easier to hide. If you want to smuggle products into another country, anything can be hidden through large trade. "
He said there were so many money transactions between the two countries that money laundering was particularly easy. "China`s chemical industry ranks at the top of the world, and thousands of Chinese chemical plants offer many opportunities for the manufacture of illicit drugs."
In 2014, the Daily Telegraph conducted a survey in Boshe Village, Guangdong, which found that 1/3 of meth in China came from here.
The good news, Cohen said, is that the Chinese authorities are making progress in their fight against drugs and that cooperation between China and Australia has recently reached an unprecedented level. One of the challenges facing the Chinese police is serious corruption throughout the province. Drug makers can easily escape if they are caught in advance. At the same time, Australia is trying to address the demand for drugs.
