Border Patrol With China's Toughest Drug Squad

Drug Frenzy - Part 2 (2013) China's border cops are attempting to prevent a swelling tide of illegal drugs being smuggled into the country. We follow one of the world's toughest police forces tackling the traffickers smuggling drugs across the border.
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Get unprecedented access to China's drug cops at a key checkpoint near the Myanmar/China border where they're in full flight. Pulling over cars and buses targeting suspicious characters and unlikely drug mules alike.
On one tour bus that's just crossed in from what we used to call Burma, the team clambers aboard checking bags, compartments and asking rapid-fire questions. Soon a woman with a young child emerges with the officers. She's carrying a plastic shopping bag containing a handful of condoms filled with Ice -- the super-charged methamphetamine that's infiltrating China's party scene and that's being shipped out to more lucrative international destinations like Australia.
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[@erwannicot9389]

Been in china for a few years, drugs is no joke. My friend has just been released from jail after 1 year for the equivalent of 5 joints. Not allowed any family or friends visiting, It wasn't easy for him, others involved are still doing time, one facing 7-10 because of two bags, one for him one for his friend (distribution). If you come here....drop that lifestyle, and start drinking tea.

[@luvpewthings8528]

start drinking tea hahahaha

[@rickysuis264]

drinking tea lmao

[@alexmcmillen2397]

Poor potheads lol

[@honour123]

NO PITY!!! Go to another country ABIDE by their LAWS and CUSTOMS or pay the price!!!

[@chuckwagontrail3729]

Erwan Nicot 50 grams of drugs in China and u might be sentenced to death...

[@catch-me-now]

I have been to the border when visiting Yunnan. The patrol was very serious and experienced. They could spot the suspicions by only looking at you and talking to you in 2 mins. China is one of the few countries that are extremely tough on drugs and punish with death penalty. This is because China once suffered from the massive drug use in history and learned hard from lessons

[@chrisbrent7487]

Same reason I fear it had no interest in tackling fentanyl production and fentanyl precursor production. Getting back at the west for the opium war.

[@ElectroAficionadoMan]

yet you can buy hash/weed from 50% of the fancily dressed ladies at the shops in town. success!

[@captainsandwhich7469]

@@ElectroAficionadoMan proof?

[@KinLee919]

@@ElectroAficionadoMan no u absolutely cant

[@chickaboomboom2726]

@@chrisbrent7487 Exactly is about revenge for the opium war.

[@weimondo]

kids, don't do drugs

[@ianjohngonzales4066]

Thats what the wife of Ronnie said.what a joke

[@archerzzy]

My cousin-in-law once bought an ID from someone. after he got a hotel room with that ID. Two police officers showed up asking him to do a piss test. He was confused and asked why. It turned out to be that the original owner of the ID had a drug conviction in the past. So long story short, if you are ever caught doing drugs in China, your ID will be flagged forever Everytime you check in at a hotel, or an internet cafe(which is very common seen in China) police might show up asking you to do a piss test.

[@CuttySobz]

Real journalism. People CAN TELL the difference.

[@rzz9594]

Surprised. Didn’t know Chinese police had dogs and x-ray machines on Point , at inspection locations. Good job. Kudos to the Chinese police patrols.

[@cosneed]

Man it was already 201x.. why wouldn't China police have this kind of devices..

[@MrVodkapowered]

3d 2d fake dog? So it's a drug sniffing cat in disguise?

[@relikvija]

3d 2d and fake commissioner Jian Ming Dong

[@mrluigi9923]

and we can top that with strategically placed DUI check points.

[@cucumber623]

if scotland had that attitude i would never have been a smack head for half my life

[@JO_Artificial]

That last guy got me feeling sorry for him.

[@SilverSilence002]

Especially he stuck sitting in that chair with bags of drugs still up his anus.

[@alantan9863]

For the sake of survival, need to break the law? Damn.

[@CRAIG5835]

Yes, same here. Poor guy, obv a user too and that was part of the price of being broke, he had to throw caution to the wind and give it a go. Hope hes still alive and doing okay.

[@techolee622]

I thought this story was about to end when the man in black SUV left but then came the harsh reality for the poor guy , what a sad ending

[@nicolaiby1846]

Kinda cool to see how open the Chinese police was and how the Western guy spoke Chinese.

[@Opelteanit]

I wonder if hes from Hong Kong

[@lowboonkiat73]

The reporter speaks pretty good Mandarin , not like the shit Hollywood think how Mandarin sounds like.

[@chahal_s]

@@Opelteanit Cantonese in hk

[@user-gu1yk3eu8v]

@@chahal_s Guangdong

[@butu808]

nothing to do with the subject matter, but can i just say i am very impressed with the journalist's chinese mannerisms? he said: 'you've worked so hard!' to the police officer as initial greeting. lol so chinese of him.

[@cincin75ytb]

嗯，为人民服务！

[@cpmow831]

definitely a good way to win over and connect with your subject...I am sure they don't hear that often

[@lanivalberg8456]

Ok

[@expatatlarge5286]

It's called kissing chinese ass..lol

[@SpywareEverywhere]

he still had the habit that we westerners drive eastern linguists crazy with : "ummm....", "uhhhhhh"... "errrr...."

[@robertzhang2608]

this white dude's chinese is pretty on point much respect

[@m.w.6526]

Yeah people learn languages all the time

[@m.w.6526]

I know several westerners who have a firm grasp on Chinese

[@kidcomputer7738]

i spent ten days in beijing and was surprised by how many westerners living in china long term were fluent mandarin speakers

[@kehuachen5571]

lol

[@jugsma6676]

yea, he's chinese is good

[@2000guineas]

10:02 Yeah it was spelt out plainly for him! "Now, you shouldn't lie to me, we can see from the X-ray machine you're carrying them inside your ARSE". Lol straight to the point!!!!!!!!

[@TCR19able]

***** that's would be a bout 10- 15 years for that. 1kg meth will get you a life in prison in china, i doubt he can even take half that weight in his ass.

[@cincin75ytb]

1 KG is enough for death penalty. That guy lived because he is no body, just a pawn. And he could get some sort of commutation for helping to find the higher level dealer.

[@truezyf]

AFAIK, 50g of coke can get u death penalty. don't fuck around in china!

[@ratatouille1682]

Imagine a sovereign citizen in this check point....

[@jonslg240]

Hahaha 😂

[@jackwood8307]

Yeah i think that discussion would be rather short!

[@justsmallstuff4994]

He would get blasted PEW PEW

[@vanessawhite8042]

See everyone look at him when he speaks Chinese (Mandarin)! That was awesome!

[@RaisedxFist]

Lord Emperor Teng. I am Hispanic who speaks English as my first language and no one looks at me when I do (from Alberta).

[@natalierenfrow6016]

His mandarin isnt that good st all. I know many other caucasians who speaks better mandarin and never even been to China

[@mrluigi9923]

@@RaisedxFist Kevin Rudd ,(a former prime minister )spoke fluent Chinese also....no one was impressed other than his wife.

[@neverforget3406]

@@natalierenfrow6016 fair play at least he can speak another language,

[@hanklesacks]

EDF Warbirds Because there are lot of asians that were born in the us, it’s not really suprising when you speak english because many just assume you were born there.

[@biglance]

pretty fucking good reporting and coverage, i am impressed, i am in china too btw, peace and keep up the good work, much respect.

[@sewme7861]

the inane comment of the moron

[@Thatguy-mz6uk]

@@sewme7861 self awareness at finest?

[@user-cu1uf2mj2n]

@@sewme7861 what's wrong with you?? Is there anything that makes you uncomfortable??

[@dropitlikeitshot815]

You're just saying that so you're not abducted by the red guard.

[@user-gu1yk3eu8v]

@@dropitlikeitshot815 什么鬼

[@lokideangelus]

In China, if you are caught with drugs, you could be forced to attend drug rehab in a facility run by the government. Execution is the penalty for some drug crimes.

[@user-qg9ux8uq8u]

首次发现你吸毒，会进行教育敦促你在家戒毒。但如果发现你有第二次或更多次，就会被强制隔离戒毒。 作为中国人，我很支持这项措施，它可以挽救很多家庭。

[@cpmow831]

man, I'd give anything for one of their shoulder patches!

[@simonyip5978]

The thing to remember is that China knows all about what can happen if a drug takes hold of a country. The opium war and the subsequent opium addiction that scarred Chinese society for a century, (until the 1949 communist civil war victory), weakened the Chinese government and erroded the sovereign integrity of the nation and cost millions of people the chance to lead a healthy and prosperous life. So if anyone wonders why the Chinese authorities take such a hardline on drug dealers and manufacturers and smugglers, they only have to read about the Opium Wars to understand why.

[@vertie2090]

China is right to be tough on drugs, although those death penalties sound really severe

[@jehugo66]

They bill the families for the bullet

[@lowboonkiat73]

They should bill the families for the bullets. Why should taxpayers foot the bill for scums.

[@cucumber623]

wow im amazed, i thought the comments here would be people screaming propaganda, respect

[@RR-xz6bv]

China is a communist country that don’t care about their people

[@bigjulie3714]

Reporter is a jem... a true tiger for a worthy story.

[@pavanm123]

Nice video... enjoyed watching...

[@timalan5376]

The film Operation Mekong is an excellent dramatization of the problem China has with drugs at their border. Similar to the one we have here in the US as dramatized in the films Sicario 1 & 2, also excellent films.

[@ZhaoxinXue]

Over 50 grams of meth/ice is punishable by death already. Minimum is 15 years in prison. Those people probably will have the minimum. Noticed somebody says he will do 49 grams next time. Well..that's minimum 7 years too. Good luck dude. As for those talking about bribes or people with special connections to the officials, you really think that's going to happen? If it is the case, you probably won't need so many officers risking life at the front line and the traffikers do not need to be creative anymore.

[@user-ql4bw9mp8t]

Great reporting

[@chinu6021]

Drug has become a universal problem good to see countries stepping up to stop this .

[@athame57]

Blimey...what happened to the bicycles and Moa suits everybody had when I was there in 1979?

[@chima6291]

Sir, that was even before I was born. For the past 40 years, my family incoming increased 1000 times, literally. From the economic perspective, China changed a lot.

[@cucumber623]

the free market and yay capatilism

[@jasonb6116]

Those guys burning all that meth and wear a cheesy painter's mask must be soooooo high

[@cucumber623]

and wearing rubber gloves for saftey next to a great big nakid flame make me laugh

[@lburns7952]

Oh shit....I was stunned when he started speaking Chinese! Fluently and beautifully. Great documentary. I learned some things.

[@MuhammadOthman88]

I got ads about drug addiction rehab program midway through this video. Google must've though I'm an addict because of this video's title

[@ZImpresive]

This only makes the Price of Drugs Higher and smuggling more lucrative.

[@ycongq6520]

So we shall let it be?

[@user-mh7gs5hk2o]

It doesn't exist. There are basically no drugs in China, just as few as crimes.

[@boim168]

stupid

[@water1oo]

There was one college girl in China was used by a foreign drug trafficker playing as her boyfriend, not only trafficking the drug herself but also brought few of her friends in college doing the trafficking as well. The boyfriend pays few hundred dollar each tripe for tips. Finally got catch by Chinese airport custom, and was given death penalty. The stupid girl was intentionally let her boyfriend get away from police custody.

[@hdiao2723]

when he ask the chinese officer in chinese, he said "neige" as well lol

[@youwuli]

That mother lady seems so calm

[@mortimorestef]

Yunnan has a loooong tradition of drug trafic, specially during the XXth century and the opium trade, finally nothing ever change with such a boarder.

[@joli4714]

To all those people who complain about death penalty for drug dealing, you guys need to understand something. The beginning of the execution was because there were way, way too many abusers back then. Ever since the opium war when Britain forcefully sold drugs to China, China had trouble keeping down the uses. Once the war was over, we needed to recover, and it is really difficult to get them to quit and stop the crimes they were committing. Same applies for Thailand as well. If it wasn't for the death penalty, drugs would be a huge epidemic in China. Death penalty is unfair and cruel, but the Chinese government is actually making changes to a lot of the laws and penalties. They stated that they were going to slowly modify the laws and eventually stop the death penalties.

[@joli4714]

+MsAntonimie I can't believe it, you are the first to ever say that to me. 😭 I'm literally sobbing in happiness right now. You are right, it's a habit now to hear all the criticisms about China and its just engraved into how I express my opinions,l. To be completely honest, I don't mind how the Chinese society is today, I really love China, and my family are happy in China. I don't understand why the Westerners choose to attack China like this.

[@ZhangtheGreat]

+Fu Baozi Westerners criticize first and ask questions later. It's how they exercise their superiority complex. Nothing China does will ever satisfy Western critics. Case and point: - When China was communist, it was attacked for being too strict. Now that it's capitalist, it's attacked for being greedy. - When China's population exploded, it was attacked for not keeping its numbers under control. After the One-Child (now Two-Children) Policy, it was attacked for restricting individual choice. - When China was poor and backwards, it was looked down upon. Now that it's developed/developing, it's accused of stealing ideas. - When Chinese emigrated to different parts of the world, they were accused of taking jobs. Now that more of them are staying in China to work, they're still accused of taking jobs. - When China was weak, it was picked on for being weak. Now that it's strong, it's viewed as an aggressor and a threat to global stability. This is why China has basically given the West the middle finger whenever it faces criticism; the game has gotten old, and Chinese leaders have basically declared that they'd do things their way whether the West likes it or not.

[@katicus7987]

You can't win or lose on the death penalty argument. It's like a comment religion war, people can argue forever and no side will agree or disagree but see some good and some bad points. Even in the west that have the death penalty some love it and some say its wrong. They want people to understand all life is special but at the same time they don't want to pay taxes for criminals that are going to spend 50 years behind bars just sitting there doing nothing but eating food and taking up space and others will argue some people like serial killers can never be released back into society so just kill them off to save money and space then another person will tell you to put them on hard labor so they can work for the people picking up trash and stamping license plates or whatever until they die while prisons now can't even hold all the people that are entering. A death penalty for drugs is a bit harsh but it is another country and if it helps slow down the drug trade well whatever works, people doing it know what's going to happen if they get caught so it's their choice. If I was poor and had no money I would do what I gotta do to survive and no matter where you go you'll never stop drugs that's like the police saying they will stop and catch all gangs, it will never happen without or with a death penalty.

[@joli4714]

Wow, all the comments up there makes me feel pretty warm on the inside. Finally there are people who take the time to understand both sides of the story :) Death penalty, it really depends on the ideology. But to be honest, I think it's reasonable. If a person decides to harm others, or even take multiple lives, then they should get the punishment they deserve. (Plus caring for all the prisoners would be a bit expensive)

[@joli4714]

First of all, we export because there's a demand for it. Secondly, I wonder who was the one that started this hardship...? surely not China, that's for sure. Lastly, China is already leading the world, get your facts right. Nice day to you too, sir.

[@bmhater1283]

Dude in 6:01 is holding the Type 79, a SMG that you may actually see in Xinjiang by guards through pictures

[@victorshx]

Since 5 years later, I think drug smugglings has decreased dramatically.

[@user-mh7gs5hk2o]

You are right.

[@fatherandsonproductions9233]

I'm sure the drug dealers appreciate you letting them know if they want to get their dope through send it with a pretty girl in a fluffy dress.

[@Doc_Rainbow]

lol a bus where you can lie how awesome :p

[@dirannerus8408]

This narc chief cop loves himself much. 😂 I’ve counted 3 portraits of himself in his office. 😂

[@redlizerad8268]

Lol yeah I noticed that too. But to be honest I would be proud of myself too if I was in his position.

[@tristanrong]

24:38， if this is in Australia, I guess he will be immediately pulled over again. Not wearing seat belts, 6 demerit points and 400 bucks.

[@marklu9238]

Good video! But I have to remind you that the faces of anti-drug policemen should be concealed in the video in case of the revenge of drug dealers. It's part of the law of Chinese media.

[@anthonyl1253]

As for Chinese law, sale or transport heroin over 50 grams, it can be executed.

[@aquafishsoup]

thanks for the tip, i'll bring 49 grams next time.

[@thosebastards8112]

fucking lol!

[@songli5226]

Aquafishsoup Chinese are good at math they will round it up haha

[@huwenjie2085]

50 grams means the mixture of heroin and others. For example, if you mix heroin(10g) with coffee(45g), 55g >50g.

[@kuntiger3408]

Aquafishsoup then, you will be put more than 20 years in prison

[@awdz123a2]

respect

[@gentoffire]

I just feel so sad for that adorable kid with that women at last.

[@cucumber623]

she had the wit to say she is still breast feeding, talk about thinking on your feet unless thats why she had the kid, she should take that wit and leave myamar asap incase they try to send her back unless she plans breast feeding her kid till hes 40

[@Gencturk92]

China is one of the country's that interesting, along with USA.

[@user-nv9ry5or5u]

all the drugs dealer are the worse killer on earth, drugs dealer should be death sentence no matter what .

[@wong684]

@@tazeastboy Drug dealer? If you are in China, you'd be getting a death sentence

[@chucky428571]

Pure BS. Shut up

[@alexmcmillen2397]

So the government deserves a death sentence...

[@cucumber623]

well luckily enough they are in the right place

[@So1ipse]

It's actually closer to the truth to say that pig ignorant people are the worst killers on earth. You undoubtedly qualify, kindly apply your own logic and save us all some bandwidth.

[@ulongkoror]

lol the guy in black was such a troll, "hey fuck you, I got no drugs, although I got half a ton of cigarrattes and a couple swords, do they count?"

[@brannonmcclure6970]

I believe they are good people and I think they will find a way for everyone.

[@vincenthuang6341]

I root for Chinese government to keep strict policy on drug related crimes. It should be ZERO tolerance.

[@chucky428571]

China is BULLSHIT

[@chucky428571]

@@charleso8826 Screw China

[@chucky428571]

I root for China's downfall. They are definitely NOT the way the world or other countries should be. It is evil and would be better that it be destroyed

[@theondebray]

The Chinese govt doesn't want anyone cutting in on their cartel.

[@weili5910]

chucky428571 your bullshit

[@franciscaffrey1046]

HSBC Bank founded on heroine and coke dealing

[@pimpgreen8989]

Damn I missed that, thanks.

[@tsfcancerman]

What went into australia that was stopped looked like it was only for one town not a whole country for a year. So its probably 100 times bigger then what they catch.

[@christianchev4717]

They take drug serious, and thats what the rest of the world can learn from. My respect to the Chinese people.

[@mikewilson7132]

i want to know if they stop drugs like this from comming in why cant they stop china from mailing drugs in the mail to other countries like canada us ustralia ect?

[@chima6291]

Because Fentanyl was new and not popular in China so it has been a legal chemical until recently.

[@donaldsmith3926]

@@chima6291 Fentanyl is not a recreational drug. It's just a cheap way to adulterate heroin. There was a great news group in the early and mid nineties where junkies from around the world posted. It always amazed me that AUS had great heroin, but NZ had none; all the NZ folks wanted to know how to convert morphine to heroin. Alt Drugs, Hard, great place; was my first stop when turning-on the PC.

[@Bournetolive]

Mandarin speakers, unlike Korean or Japanese speakers, actually distinguish between the r and l sounds very clearly. I know because it is my mother tongue.

[@rtc1964rc]

Good for the Chinese police and their best efforts to suppress the drugtrade and their joint efforts with the Australian police to disrupt their joint drug issues...kudos to them all!!

[@dannyson5112]

@ Reporter.did u just wake up or something?sort your hair out,looks like u walked thru a storm haha

[@chandler608]

no kilo of meth is close to 1m each lmao

[@gearboxobs419]

According to Journeymans figures Meth costs $1m per kg or $1000 per gram a bit far fetched!

[@dhill4001]

Hint The Audi was the distraction. The drugs were in the girl with frilly dresses' car.

[@zhihaoyang4738]

开头讲话的上过天天向上

[@carlxue2476]

你这么一说我真的想起来了

[@user-sy7pl2fi5v]

carl xue 不该暴露太多面孔, 对缉毒警这太危险了.

[@JustArtsCreations]

the drug burning kinda seems pretty stupid though...they are inhaling them like mad.

[@joebazooks]

Never mind, I guess I've already seen this doc in its entirety elsewhere :/

[@brannonmcclure6970]

I wish I lived on that...path!!

[@danbanks7930]

Not one hippie pot head to be seen over there no tie dye or nothing ha

[@roro-mm7cc]

china has the biggest number of heroin addicts in the whole world.

[@davidemelia6296]

There were plenty of Western hippies in Ruili until about 2009 or so ...

[@stylz1]

Damn, the best part is reading these comments. Some very interesting takes some of you people have on this. This is where the new great minds reside...youtube comments section. Last place on earth you would expect it. That's the beauty of it.

[@roro-mm7cc]

America started the war on drugs and used its diplomatic power to push it onto the whole world - a lot of countries actually didn't want to make drugs illegal at first - the main people who opposed war on drugs at the beginning were DOCTORS because they realised making drugs illegal will cause way more health problems than if they were pure and of known quality/strength. for example all doctors agree that pure pharmaceutical opioids/heroinn can bbs given indefinitely and cause no toxic damage to the body at all. it is dirty bacteria infested street heroin that ppl inject into their body that causes all the harm- when its pure and given at the hospital for example it does no harm at all! making drugs illegal makes the problem WAY worse. the uk prescribed pure pharmaceutical heroin for decades and under this system they managed to keep the number of addicts at a stable level of only 400 heroin addicts in the whole country - and during this time there was no association between heroin use and crime/health issues at all - and zero DEATHS. It was only when the US put pressure on the UK to stop that it was phased out in the 1970s and the number of addicts shot up from a few hundred to literally hundreds of thousands - they handed drugs to the black market and armed cartels. Switserland has recently used this method of prescribing heroin to addicts and has managed to completely eliminate its massive opioids problem - crime has gone down massively as well as the cost to the tax payer of stuff like police, prisons, criminal justice costs , health costs ect simply prescribing pure diamorphine is way way cheaper than this so saves a huge amount of money and the tax money can go on more important stuff like violent crime/terrorism.

[@user-oo7co1pb4p]

非常好的片子。

[@tsfcancerman]

To take ppl off the bus to search them even happens here in little norway and sweden, or to check all on the train is also normal

[@corners3755]

So kind of like a death squad?

[@davidemelia6296]

Unlike the American cops, police in China don't play judge, jury and executioner.

[@corners3755]

Guess you have never heard of a death squad?@@davidemelia6296

[@tengma8]

12:30 If I was the police, I will make him continue carrying drug, and use him as a bait to catch the bigger fish...

[@scootureSONGArchi]

+tengma8 yes mate thats what they do behind the scenes. i use to be one of the police officer in china though i know that:) no bullshit

[@tengma8]

scooture Archi really? well I am glad to hear it.

[@scootureSONGArchi]

tengma8 im not drug officer just a police officer thats it, but my friend is.. he told me lot of things about border in china .. sounds cool!

[@Superfuse7697]

tengma8 lucky you are not police :-)

[@PP-vf1kx]

tengma8 ....you can never catch the whale up there!

[@racerx1690]

Buses are stopped and inspected in the very same way in the USA. (Texas) Its no big deal as long as you arent an illegal or transporting drugs or both.

[@user-fq2wk1bm1h]

缉毒警察最棒的，敬礼！

[@Cpt-Falco]

1:24 he dropped his chalk the war on drugs is over. drugs wins

[@mauther100]

hahahah

[@mrsommer84]

Chinese do everything right. Love that country! Just watched a docu about the homeless / drugproblem in Seattle. It's awful there. Chinese do everything right.

[@roro-mm7cc]

America started the war on drugs and used its diplomatic power to push it onto the whole world - a lot of countries actually didn't want to make drugs illegal at first - the main people who opposed war on drugs at the beginning were DOCTORS because they realised making drugs illegal will cause way more health problems than if they were pure and of known quality/strength. for example all doctors agree that pure pharmaceutical opioids/heroinn can bbs given indefinitely and cause no toxic damage to the body at all. it is dirty bacteria infested street heroin that ppl inject into their body that causes all the harm- when its pure and given at the hospital for example it does no harm at all! making drugs illegal makes the problem WAY worse. the uk prescribed pure pharmaceutical heroin for decades and under this system they managed to keep the number of addicts at a stable level of only 400 heroin addicts in the whole country - and during this time there was no association between heroin use and crime/health issues at all - and zero DEATHS. It was only when the US put pressure on the UK to stop that it was phased out in the 1970s and the number of addicts shot up from a few hundred to literally hundreds of thousands - they handed drugs to the black market and armed cartels. Switserland has recently used this method of prescribing heroin to addicts and has managed to completely eliminate its massive opioids problem - crime has gone down massively as well as the cost to the tax payer of stuff like police, prisons, criminal justice costs , health costs ect simply prescribing pure diamorphine is way way cheaper than this so saves a huge amount of money and the tax money can go on more important stuff like violent crime/terrorism.

[@roro-mm7cc]

strict policy is dumb.. it just doesn't work and is a massive waste of money - it is literally as effective as burning money thats how pointless it is - actually its worse than burning money because it actually makes the problem worse! actually you find that countries with stricter drug policies actually have EVEN worse drug problems.. look at china it has the most heroin addicts in the world. and produces all the fentanyl killing hundreds of thousands in america - its like a reverse opium war now china is getting its revenge by sending fentanyl to america which by the way is Way more dangerous and addictive than opium. end the stupid American war on drugs it causes misery and suffering around the world and must stop.

[@roro-mm7cc]

china is so forward in many ways but its so backwards in other ways for example stuff like this. you have been brought up on American drug propaganda thinking making drugs illegal is the way to eliminate drug use.. that view is just wrong. it simply does not work the whole thing is based on a false premise that it is possible to eliminate drug use. you cant even keep drugs out of your fucking prisons how the fuck are you gunna keep them out of a country. The trouble is while china has lots of clever people working on the border - it has many just as clever people working on how to smuggle secretly.

[@jennylee9372]

Drugs are bad....real bad! I know but I had to find out on my own. 17 months clean and sober after a lifetime of abuse. I just can't explain it , I just did it!

[@justsmallstuff4994]

Congratulations I hope you all the best in life stay strong 👍

[@justsmallstuff4994]

Really like this journalist I think he works for ABC in Australia

[@busterjones2491]

The war on drugs is a pointless war with poor results. No matter how many dealers they lock up, it will never reduce the high demand for narcotics which is highly profitable bringing in fast cash. There will always be someone willing to supply the demand especially with the potential for big profits. You lock up 10 traffickers, 100 are eager to replace them for that huge reward of money.

[@ZhangtheGreat]

Buster Jones You are correct. However, that doesn't mean law enforcement shouldn't be trying its hardest to crack down. Drugs can cripple an entire society if nothing is done (see: opium on China in the 19th Century). While we'll never be able to eradicate drug use, at the very least, the illegality and tough enforcement will be enough to prevent plenty of people from traveling down the drug path (selling, buying, and/or using).

[@westycinnamon7181]

+Buster Jones You do know about the opium war in China, and that opium was once legal right?

[@meyakabrown4725]

+ZhangtheGreat Ya but the only time drugs are that bad is when a government tries to control them or take them away. Some drugs like meth are just bad but opiates are not as bad as some think. They are just addicting, but so is sugar and coffee and cigarettes and alcohol.

[@westycinnamon7181]

Meyaka B Have you heard about the opium war? Opium was once legal and socially acceptable, it sent China into the dark ages.

[@ZhangtheGreat]

Meyaka B You need to learn about what happened to China in the early 19th Century when the government didn't stop the opium trade before you make a statement such as "the only time drugs are that bad is when a government tries to control them or take them away."

[@MrTynanDraper]

The Audi contained a rich spoiled brat with no respect for authority. . what a surprise!

[@vegass04]

I thought that the Chinese police is a bit more scary and not allowing this kind of behaviour towards them. I guess the westernization of their police took some toll..

[@antfarmer7691]

Isn't lead normally used to protect the individuals during ex rays?

[@Toyotas_n__Tools]

So much is missed its a waste to even look, can direct that energy elsewhere to combat it.

[@iammeena6945]

I feel sorry for the woman and bloke who obviously did it for the money and as is shown it was for a very little amount meaning they were desperate. So sad!

[@Fisherlam]

me too. The woman knew nothing about her behavior, and confessed another crime even Chinese police had no chance to know if she didn't speak out.

[@bongodesh3499]

How long will the girl going to jail? I hope she alright

[@yangchen9556]

bongo desh it’s death penalty for drug deal in China. But I hope she is not get this coz she know nothing

[@wilson15453]

bongo desh By the amount she confssed, 15years, life or excution. Drug crime is very serious in China.

[@GAIUS1980]

whats the point ... the problem always there were willing buyers ... all battling a losing battle as long as humanity demands it

[@GAIUS1980]

lol... U sure are ignorant... The same drugs also cure people by different name and prescription

[@neoyang5942]

Stupid media. You marked all the faces of Australian police office, but you didn't do that on Chinese police officer. That is disgusting.

[@Bournetolive]

That last lady is probably a Kokang, an ethnic Chinese group living in northern Burma (NW corner of Shan State) along the Chinese border. There ancestors fled there when the Ming Dynasty fell in the 17th century to the Manchus.

[@kyleblecha1]

It just goes to show no matter how strict the penalty, even it involves execution, the war on drugs is still ineffective and people will still traffick drugs.

[@zfevian8902]

巨大的利益会让人敢于触犯法律

[@baller84milw]

"Controlled knives" lol, wtf?

[@rainf8]

baller84milw illegal knives

[@rrpearsall]

Those mass burns break my heart... As a journalist, I would like to get a helicopter to film it straight from above the fires..

[@fangyang3395]

If ones reads Clive Hamilton's Silent Invasion one does wonder just how hard the Chinese are working to stop drugs.

[@davidemelia6296]

Hamilton's a propagandist, dude. No scholars take his rubbish books seriously - because they are propaganda.

[@MrChowTheTroll]

And i guess everybody that got busted by those guys get killed

[@alibastersweets]

it is china after all

[@414862254]

really should lets those drugs go to your place...kill your people ...shit head!

[@qiyuxuan9437]

Transport enough amount drug is death penalty in China, and it apply to people came from other country.

[@awdz123a2]

chinese officer have the best attitude to any people , if in usa , the police will shot people in any case~~

[@tzufbb]

please also add Chinese mandarin subtitles for the documentaries that relate to China and Taiwan.

[@vertie2090]

So interesting service weapons they have. What's the type/model?

[@stuartlumi6210]

if it's a duty like this, all guns are none lethal polioce types. But if its some job like arresting a dangerous criminal, guns' standard are same with the PLA.

[@orangejjay]

How did you determine the value for the drug seizures? Magic propaganda maths?

[@huihui666]

Those guns the Chinese police are carrying though.. so classic.

[@ben_dasdf]

+xihai luo where?

[@michaeln7421]

+xihai luo those guns made in.. China ? Damn , f#ck it. no good at all

[@427ci3]

+Michael N so is your phone and your electronics and the clothes you're wearing

[@katicus7987]

I guess they never watched the other documentary about China making all their Apple iphones while the workers were getting sick and dying.

[@cincin75ytb]

79式。Should be replaced long ago, a piece of junk.

[@xlsyor]

Hm. Things have changed some. In the late eighties, I read about a couple of twenty-year-old Chinese women were caught in a taxi with a kilo of skag. The border police frog marched them and the taxi driver behind a building with the intent of snuffing all three and one young woman insisted the taxi driver had nothing to do with it. As he walked away free, he heard the gunshots as the two women were executed. Didn't seem to stem the tide and now speed is the drug of choice. Let Australia have it

[@Lucky14970]

14:35; What I've give to have a few serious whiffs of that smoke. What a crazy feeling

[@spyder199ed]

great reporting. loved it. if you could toss in an imperial weight measure now and again for us ignorant americans, that would be awsome

[@Booze129]

I'd like to see China arrest those who are cruel to animals for a change

[@AlmightyAaron0423]

Booze129 two different things baby

[@Christinebanks11]

Booze129 I'm going to the Yulen festival want to come?

[@stefonejames8336]

the cop's eat cat fried rice too. 😂😂😂

[@Killjoy0329]

Here I thought they had a cross over event where the Chinese boarder patrol goes to US/MX boarder and fight the cartel lol

[@flyback_driver]

$1,000,000 for 1.34 kg of methamphetamine in Australia when this documentary was filmed. That's nuts man. When I was an addict it was $10 for 0.1 grams and price always goes down the more you buy. Now I know for documentaries they tend to claim the value of nickle and dime prices but that's still nearly 100x the price. Just an observation I had.

[@jetli740]

yes the price is way over estimate

[@bluntblock]

Over estimated reporting, this is hyped up propaganda 😂