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Four sentenced to death in caffeine case

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Four people were given death sentences suspended for two years, and 30 others were sentenced to life imprisonment or other jail terms Wednesday in a case involving a huge amount of illegal caffeine, according to sources at Northwest China's Heilongjiang Railway Intermediate People's Court, in this capital of Heilongjiang Province.

According to the court, the case, involving 94 tons caffeine, was the biggest drug case in the history of the province.

Since 1991, Si Bingzhong, Sun Weimin and 32 other people belonging to four business companies manufactured and sold the caffeine, earning about four million yuan (some 482 thousand US dollars).

In addition to the individual punishments, the four related companies were fined from two million to four million yuan.

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