Nine jailed in China for smuggling fentanyl to US after landmark operation
Nine people have been jailed in China for smuggling fentanyl into the US, after a landmark joint investigation by American and Chinese officers.
In August, President Trump said China was not doing enough to stop fentanyl - which is 50 times more potent than heroin - being shipped to the US.
The Chinese court said it was the first time US and Chinese officers had worked together on such a case.
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Note, the next line says that the President has said fentanyl kills "100,000 Americans a year", okay, that sounds like an exaggeration that we sometimes seem to hear but the number surely is too high, whatever it is.
And it's hard to trust China really. We need to have a well-sealed border, if it includes the ports and sea as well.
