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    War on Drugs

    Jul 09, 2020 4 minutes
    By Lu Yan
    Copyedited by Garth Wilson

    In October 2019, Peng Hongqing set a new record in Liupanshui, a prefecture-level city in Guizhou Province in southwest China. The record was for the largest ever seizure of illegal methamphetamines (meth).

    Peng, 42, is the head of the anti-drug brigade of Liupanshui’s Liuzhi Special District Public Security Bureau. Having worked as a police officer for 21 years, he has dealt with many of the city’s drug crimes, fighting a battle of wits and courage against drug dealers.

    Peng and his team arrested five drug trafficking suspects during the October operation and seized 69.2 kg of crystal meth. Three months after

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