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September 15, 2007
High as Hell in Xinjiang
And we ain't comin' down, boyeeee! What, you thought Yunnan was the place to satisfy your heroin cravings in a hippy-friendly atmosphere? Well, the hippy-friendly part is still true, but for illegal drugs in China, Xinjiang is where it's at:
An explosion in the flow of illegal drugs from Central Asia has seen Xinjiang overtake Yunnan as the mainland's narcotics trafficking and dealing hub....
Li Yanming , a criminologist in the Xingjiang capital Urumqi , said drug dealers in the autonomous region had a national network employing more than 10,000 people long-term. The network controlled the drug supply in Yunnan, Guangdong and Beijing, Professor Li said.
"President Hu Jintao said in an internal circular that all police must be mobilised to block the Golden Crescent," he added.
But the job was complicated, Professor Li said, because the region is politically sensitive.
"Any large-scale police action could be used by [Uygur] separatists as evidence that the central government oppresses local people," he said.
You can read the full article from SCMP below.
Xinjiang becomes hub for Central Asia's drug trade; Almost 70kg of heroin seized in northwest this year
Stephen Chen
15 September 2007
South China Morning Post
(c) 2007 South China Morning Post Publishers Limited, Hong Kong. All rights reserved.
An explosion in the flow of illegal drugs from Central Asia has seen Xinjiang overtake Yunnan as the mainland's narcotics trafficking and dealing hub.
By the end of last month, police in the far northwestern region had cracked 18 cases of drug smuggling from the Golden Crescent - an area that overlaps Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan - up from four in the same period last year, Xinhua reports. The amount of heroin seized, almost 70kg, represented a jump of 12 times on the same period last year.
The quantity of drugs flowing from the Golden Triangle - the opium-growing region overlapping Myanmar, Laos and Thailand - also increased, with a jump in the number of people arrested on planes and trains for trafficking drugs to Yunnan and Sichuan .
Xinjiang anti-narcotics detective Zhang Shouchao said the situation was grim.
He would not say more because the issue was very sensitive.
"We are not allowed to publicise figures until the leadership [of the region's police department] has reached a consensus," he said.
Ya Sen , a professor at the Xinjiang Police Officer Academy, said: "Many investigations have not been made known to the public. The published figures represent only a fraction of the massive transportation [of drugs] from Afghanistan to China."
Surging opium production in Afghanistan was the main reason for the increase in the flow of drugs, he said. The area under opium cultivation in Afghanistan had increased 40 per cent this year so far, following a 50 per cent expansion last year, Professor Ya said.
Xinjiang has a Muslim Uygur minority and borders eight countries - Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Kygyzstan, Mongolia, India and Afghanistan.
Before the US-led invasion of Afghanistan following the September 11 attacks, few of the drugs funnelled through Xinjiang came from that country because its radical Islamic Taleban rulers had rooted out most plantations for religious reasons.
"Many Afghans lost their savings and livelihoods in the war, and look to opium for an income {hellip} and an increasing number of terrorists also stimulate the production and trade of opium and other drugs," Professor Ya said.
Li Yanming , a criminologist in the Xingjiang capital Urumqi , said drug dealers in the autonomous region had a national network employing more than 10,000 people long-term.
The network controlled the drug supply in Yunnan, Guangdong and Beijing, Professor Li said.
"President Hu Jintao said in an internal circular that all police must be mobilised to block the Golden Crescent," he added.
But the job was complicated, Professor Li said, because the region is politically sensitive.
"Any large-scale police action could be used by [Uygur] separatists as evidence that the central government oppresses local people," he said.
posted September 15, 2007 at 10:13 AM unofficial Xinjiang time | HaoHao This!
Comments
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Posted by: michael at September 17, 2007 04:01 PM
When they speak of drugs in Xinjiang are they only concerned about heroin? I'm new to living in Xinjiang and have noticed pot growing all over the yard outside my apartment. But no one seems to notice or care...
Posted by: LN at September 18, 2007 09:18 AM
It is interesting.
Last time PBS Frontline uses a footage which includes a public announcement for a drug smuggling gang--you know those public meeting when judge announced the punishment for criminals, as the evidence that Chinese government opperssion of Uyghur miniority. Also even though PBS editing out the Han members of the gang and leave Uyghur members there to make the case, but they forgot to replace the image of judge who is a Uyghur to a Han judge.
Also interesting is that when USA criticizes China to go hard on drug smuggling action, it will greatly benefit Talibans who got their cuts from those drug deal. In turn, US soldiers pay their lives from the smooth drug trade with most of drugs end in America.
Posted by: Sha at September 18, 2007 11:32 AM
@LN:
Pot grows all over the place in Xinjiang at higher elevations with wet conditions (i.e. not here in Korla next to the desert). Check out this entry about searching for ganja in northern Xinjiang.
Posted by: michael at September 18, 2007 08:55 PM
I've noticed pot everywhere but it's not strong. Why is there a big fuss that pot grows here when its not made for consumption? Or am I missing the good plants?
Posted by: GWEN at September 20, 2007 12:05 PM
The fuss is about heroin from Afghanistan, not about the ditch weed. I don't think you're missing the good plants... I think those are grown behind walls and fences on private farms for hash-making purposes.
Posted by: michael at September 20, 2007 01:30 PM
in shanghai the xinjiang guys selling lamb kebabs will often offer you ganja as well...havent had any talk of heroin.
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