North China's port city of Tianjin cracked 1,066 drug-related criminal cases last year and seized 16.65 kg of drugs, official statistics show.
A total of 1,102 suspects were captured and 12 drug rings were cracked, according to the statistics from the Tianjin Municipal Narcotics Control Commission.
In addition, local narcotic control authorities seized more than two million yuan (about US$250,000) of illicit money, and confiscated 28 guns, 655 rounds of bullets and nine cars.
(Xinhua News Agency February 25, 2006)
