Pubdate: Sun, 18 Jul 2004
Source: Province, The (CN BC)
Copyright: 2004 The Province
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SMUGGLING DRUGS TO CANADA NETS DEATH SENTENCE

BEIJING -- Drug smuggler Zhu Zhiwei was sentenced to death in the
southern Chinese city of Guangzhou for smuggling heroin to Canada,
state media said yesterday.

Accomplices Ou Weineng and Yang Weiming received life imprisonment.
The trio colluded with drug dealers to smuggle heroin to Canada via
Hong Kong and to smuggle heroin from abroad to sell in China between
June 2000 and December 2002, the Xinhua news agency said. About 100
kilograms of heroin was involved. 
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