One hundred ninety-eight illegal narcotics labs were destroyed by the Chinese police from July 1 to Aug. 24, with 263 drug-selling gangs shut down, the People's Daily quoted the Ministry of Public Security as saying.

A total of 5,565 suspects have been arrested and drugs weighing 5,041 kilograms have been confiscated during the period, the report noted.

During the Jan.-June period, 26,049 suspects were arrested by the Chinese police with 4,931 kilograms of heroin, 1,941 kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride, also known as "ice," and more than 220,000 amphetamines, called "shaking head pills," said the paper.

Source: Xinhua