Chinese police bust cross-border tobacco trafficking
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LANZHOU -- Police in Northwest China's Gansu province have arrested 25 suspects in connection with the illegal cross-border purchase and sale of tobacco, in a case worth about 210 million yuan (about $33 million).
After receiving a tip-off in early October that a gang had purchased tobacco abroad and sold it across the country illegally, police in the city of Lanzhou, capital of Gansu, dispatched a task force to investigate the case.
According to the police, the gang has sold the tobacco to over 20 provinces, regions and cities.
A further investigation of the case is underway.
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