Police hunt drug makers after huge crystal meth raid in Boshe village
Tens of thousands of villagers reportedly involved indrug trade, leaving land ravaged
Police continued to search houses for production facilities and track down fugitives yesterday following a raid which seized a record three tonnes of crystal meth from a Guangdong village.
One resident, who declined to be named, told the South China Morning Post raw materials and half-finished products remained inside many houses in Boshe.
"It is everywhere. The police officers are short of hands to clean it all up." she said.
Police raided 77 workshops on December 29 and seized three tonnes of crystal meth and 23 tonnes of raw material. A total of 182 people, including ring leader Cai Dongjia, were arrested.
Guo Shaobo, deputy police chief of Guangdong, told the Guangzhou Daily that the police would launch more operations to track down those who escaped the massive raid that mobilised 3,000 police officers, helicopters and speedboats to stop drug makers from escaping the coastal village via the sea.
"The operation was only the first step, we should have follow-up operations as the second and third step," Lan Weihong, an official with the Narcotics Department of the Ministry of Public Security, told CCTV.