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Chinese police bust cross-border tobacco trafficking

Tobacco industry. Photo by Xinhua.
Tobacco industry. Photo by Xinhua.

Police in northwest China's Gansu Province have arrested 25 suspects in connection with the illegal cross-border purchase and sale of tobacco, in a case worth about ¥210 million (about $33 mln).

This was reported by The Xinhua News Agency.

After receiving a tip-off in early October that a gang had purchased tobacco abroad and sold it across the country illegally, police in the city of Lanzhou, capital of Gansu, dispatched a task force to investigate the case.

According to the police, the gang has sold the tobacco to over 20 provinces, regions and cities.

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A further investigation of the case is underway.

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