More than 1,300 police officers deployed in crackdown on fraud in central Chinese city
Public security bureau sends phalanx of officers, hundreds of cars and dog teams to round up suspects in Zhumadian city, Henan province, state media reports
Police carried out a large sweep against criminals engaged in fraud in Zhumadian city in the central province of Henan, deploying more than 1,300 officers in the operation, state media reported.
Military uniforms were also seized, suggesting the suspects may have posed as army officers as part of their alleged deception.
Forty people were taken into custody, including 13 thought to belong to four different gangs, according to China National Radio.
The suspects hailed from Shangcai county, the epicentre of a blood donation and transfusion scandal in the late 1990s that saw hundreds of villagers infected with HIV.
