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China's Ministry of Public Security announced that the Chinese police have arrested at least 2,120 suspects in the ongoing operation against those involved in online drug related crimes.

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A statement from the ministry said the police have also seized 268 kilograms of narcotics during the special crackdown that spanned several province-level regions in mainland China.

The police have also destroyed 11 workshops that have been used to manufacture illegal drugs while some 7.90 tons of chemicals used in producing narcotics were confiscated, the statement said.

Intensified Efforts vs. Illegal Drugs

The ministry said China has been intensifying its efforts against the proliferation of illegal drugs in China, especially online, as more and more Chinese people now search the web to buy goods.

A statement from the ministry described the Internet as a "schoolroom" for drug crimes and an easy market for drug dealers for years. The ministry, however, assured the public that the police will intensify its online monitoring and continue its crackdown against online drug-related crimes.

The ministry said the crackdown resulted to the dismantling of tight-knit criminal organizations that operate drug rings online. The operations involving multiple province-level regions also discovered that the online drug operators use highly covert criminal methods to sell drugs online.

Live Streaming of Drug Use

In one operation, the police discovered a group of drug peddlers the drug sessions of abusers and then uploading them to a website. The ministry said the online operations of drug criminals have seriously harmed internet security and online social order.

The said operation, which was conducted in China's Jiangsu Province, resulted to the arrest of 651 suspects in 29 province-level regions, the ministry announced.

As part of the ongoing crackdown against online drug crimes, the State Internet Information Office (SIIO) has ordered executives of major portals, search engines, and e-commerce websites in China to drop illicit drug advertisements from their sites.

The SIIO said any website that will be found advertising illicit drugs will face sanctions. In China, only 159 businesses have been authorized to sell drugs online.