19 people, including 16 foreigners, have been detained for allegedly abusing drugs in Xuzhou, East China’s Jiangsu province, according to police on Tuesday.
Among the 16 foreigners, 7 worked as EF English teachers and the rest were students, the police bureau in Quanshan district said in a Sina Weibo post.
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So far, 19 people have tested positive for drug use, with one foreigner criminally detained and the others given administrative detention. The police did not specify the drug, and the case is under investigation. © Image | Xuzhou WeChat account
The Beijing News reported that the seven foreign teachers worked for a branch of Education First China, or EF China, in Xuzhou. The company was quoted as saying that an internal investigation was underway, and if the claims turn out to be true, the teachers would be suspended.
“Marijuana culture” is spreading into China In recent years, Chinese police have been tackling more cases involving the smuggling and consuming of marijuana. Many of the suspects have had experience living, studying or working abroad. Xiang Lin (pseudonym) tried marijuana out of curiosity while studying abroad and became addicted. After coming back to China, he bought the drug online, the China Youth Daily reported on July 1. © Image | Google
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The drug was detected by customs authorities in a parcel of candies and popcorn. On August 20, 2017, Xiang was detained by police when he came to collect the parcel. On June 26, the People’s Procuratorate of Nanjing, capital of East China’s Jiangsu Province, outlined Xiang’s case during a press conference, according to the China Youth Daily. The procuratorate said that with more Chinese people going overseas, the possibility of their being exposed to marijuana is also increasing, especially young people who study abroad and are more easily influenced by Western subculture. © Image | Google
The procuratorate noted that marijuana is now being made into candies or popcorn to avoid detection. However, these are also addictive and illegal in China.
Apart from Chinese students, some foreigners in China have also brought marijuana culture into the country from overseas. Some of them, either students or teachers, may have become addicted while they were living overseas and continued their habit after they moved to China. © Image | Google
A foreign student in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province was sentenced to three years and expelled from China by a local court in November 2018 after he was found smuggling and selling drugs, according to the official website of the Suzhou People’s Procuratorate. The student was seized by officers from the anti-smuggling branch of customs in Suzhou Industrial Park while receiving a parcel, in which police found 900 grams of marijuana. Police said that the student began to smoke marijuana when he was abroad. In China, he got to know a marijuana dealer while playing online games and later began to sell marijuana to other foreign students on the campus. © Image | Google
An investigation found that he had smuggled a total of 1,800 grams of marijuana.
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According to China’s Criminal Law, smuggling, selling, transporting and manufacturing drugs, regardless of the quantity, should be investigated for criminal responsibility and penalty! Under Clause 1, Article 347 of the Chinese Criminal Law, those convicted of smuggling, trafficking, transporting, or manufacturing more than 1,000 grams of opium, more than 50 grams of heroin or methamphetamine, or large quantities of other drugs may receive the death penalty.
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16 Foreign Teachers & Students Detained for Taking Drugs!
