XINGTAI, China - A Chinese court on Thursday imprisoned nine people, one whom got a suspended death sentence, on charges of smuggling fentanyl into the United States, in the first such case the two countries had worked on together.
The joint announcement of the successful action against smugglers, in front of a group of Chinese and foreign reporters invited by the Chinese government, comes as the two countries are expected to be close to signing an interim trade deal.It is often used to make counterfeit narcotics because of its relatively cheap price, and it has played an increasingly central role in an opioid crisis in the United States.
One of the people sentenced by the court was given a suspended death sentence - which in practice is normally commuted to life in jail - and two got life sentences, Yu said. More than 28,000 synthetic opioid-related overdose deaths, mostly from fentanyl-related substances, were recorded in the United States in 2017, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Two whole years to arrest NINE people?!?!?!? It probably took less than 9 minutes to replace them and since their arrest they probably smuggled more than 9 tons of that garbage, what waste of taxes.
Those convicted made the mistake of not passing along the required tithe to the local Communist Party hack.
Trump forced China to act through trade war. Hopefully they continue to stop these illegal fentanyl smugglers
Thank you! What is Mexico doing about it?
And millions of other people because of their beliefs. So, millions + 9. China is awesome. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
唐人街很多。GOP FoxNews
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