The picture shows that Gongbei Customs has recently publicly and harmlessly destroyed drugs seized in the past two years, involving 13 kinds of drugs such as heroin and marijuana. Photo by Liang Yudong
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China Customs, by strengthening border investigation, highlighting special attacks, deepening synthetic operations, and consolidating basic work, has further promoted the national anti-drug special action of "clearing the source and stopping the flow", and listed the fight against drug smuggling as the focus of the joint action of the national customs, making every effort to promote new achievements in customs anti-drug work.
□ Our reporter Cai Yanhong
Squeeze cocaine into thin slices and hide it in a laptop, and the computer can still be turned on normally; Dissolving drugs in red wine and packaging them with machinery will make them look just like normal red wine … … With the increasing efforts of customs to crack down on drug smuggling, overseas drug traffickers constantly change their entry ports and drug hiding methods to escape the crackdown.
China Customs, by strengthening border investigation, highlighting special attacks, deepening synthetic operations, and consolidating basic work, has further promoted the national anti-drug special action of "clearing the source and stopping the flow", and listed the fight against drug smuggling as the focus of the joint action of the national customs, making every effort to promote new achievements in customs anti-drug work. Recently, the reporter learned from the General Administration of Customs that since 2022, the national customs has filed 1,037 cases of drug smuggling crimes and seized 5.3 tons of cocaine, ice and other drugs.
Strengthen border investigation and highlight special actions.
According to Sun Zhijie, director of the Anti-smuggling Bureau of the General Administration of Customs, in order to build a strong national defense line, the Customs Anti-smuggling Department has strengthened border investigation, organized a "mission" anti-drug special action, made the anti-drug work in the southwest border the focus of the action, deployed and strengthened the drug investigation efforts originating from the "Golden Triangle", and built a "three-dimensional investigation system with the first-line border blocked, the second-line inland blocked, and the freight and delivery channels synchronized".
We will increase investment in the anti-smuggling department of border customs, strengthen the construction of the anti-smuggling system, and continuously improve the ability of investigation and distribution. Since 2022, the Anti-smuggling Bureau of Kunming Customs has seized 38 cases of smuggling drugs into the country through freight channels at Qingshuihe and Wanding ports by means of technology empowerment, police cooperation and cross-police synthetic operations, and seized 402.6 kilograms of various drugs such as ice and arrested 40 suspects.
In recent years, more and more smugglers and drug traffickers link up through the Internet, release drug-related information through online platforms, communicate with internet social software groups, pay drug money online by means of virtual currency, and deliver drugs by mail or express mail. No one is seen in all aspects of the transaction.
In view of the characteristics of strong concealment and prominent gangs in smuggling and selling new drugs, the customs anti-smuggling department organized cluster strikes and special strikes in time according to the staged drug situation, and the action achieved outstanding results. γ -Hydroxybutyric acid, commonly known as "fairy water" and "obedient water", has a strong inhibitory effect on the central nervous system. It is the first class of psychotropic drugs listed in China. After taking it, it will cause temporary memory loss, and it is often used by criminals to commit crimes because it is colorless and odorless. Since 2022, for γ -The smuggling cases of drugs such as hydroxybutyric acid and triazolam are high, and the anti-smuggling bureaus directly under the Customs of Guiyang, Nanjing, Shanghai and Xiamen have carried out cluster attacks and seized γ -About 2,240 ml of hydroxybutyric acid and 2,167 tablets of triazolam, and 183 suspects were arrested, making positive contributions to reducing drug harm and continuously purifying the social environment.
Synthetic operations to achieve full chain strike
"As our crackdown continues to increase, overseas drug traffickers constantly change their ports of entry and change their drug hiding methods to escape the blow." Sun Zhijie said. In this regard, the customs anti-smuggling department has continuously improved the anti-drug work mechanism of intelligence guidance, regional cooperation and departmental linkage.
The anti-smuggling department of the customs strengthens anti-drug cooperation with customs supervision and risk departments, and realizes joint information sharing, joint risk judgment and subsequent joint disposal among departments. Set up "special classes for risk prevention, control and crackdown" in some directly affiliated customs offices, and carry out rapid case acceptance, rapid identification, rapid investigation and rapid feedback on drug smuggling cases. After the drug-related postal parcels were seized at the port, the rapid response mechanism was started to standardize the disposal process, expand the clues and maximize the effectiveness of the investigation.
Xia Jun, deputy director of the Department of Port Supervision of the General Administration of Customs, further introduced that the Customs has strengthened port supervision, strengthened the risk analysis and judgment of drug smuggling, made clear the key points of investigation, increased the intensity of inspection and control, and strengthened the inspection of inbound and outbound goods and articles and boarding inspections of means of transport; Give full play to the role of supervision and inspection equipment such as H986, CT machine, X-ray machine and chassis robot, and improve the non-invasive inspection ability through technical ways and means such as intelligent drawing review and on-screen comparison; Increase the intensity of manual inspection, adhere to the "doubt must be checked"; Organize special training courses on drug supervision and investigation to enhance the awareness and ability of frontline customs officers on drug supervision and investigation.
At the same time, customs supervision, risk control, anti-smuggling and other departments work closely together, and supervision and drug detection are closely combined to achieve the integration of prevention and control. Customs and public security drug control departments have established on-site law enforcement cooperation and emergency contact mechanisms, and cooperated with postal administrations to jointly promote the implementation of real-name acceptance and delivery requirements. Posting posters, placing brochures, and playing promotional films at the supervision sites such as travel inspection and delivery to improve the public’s ability to know, prevent and refuse drugs and create a good anti-drug atmosphere for the whole people.
The anti-smuggling department of the customs has deepened the synthetic operation with the public security anti-drug department and continuously improved the efficiency of anti-drug work. Establish a normalized cooperation mechanism between the customs anti-smuggling and anti-drug departments, timely inform the anti-drug departments of the drug-related information detected at the port, and integrate the resources of both sides to carry out a full-chain crackdown on smuggling, transportation and drug trafficking. Since 2022, the Anti-smuggling Bureau of Shenzhen Customs, together with the public security anti-drug department and the Hong Kong Customs, has launched a special campaign of "Cloud War-Cut-off", focusing on cracking down on the criminal activities of drug smuggling in freight channels. Up to now, the parties to the special operation have seized 1.48 tons of ice, 361 kilograms of marijuana and 19.3 kilograms of cocaine, of which the Shenzhen Customs Anti-smuggling Bureau seized 564.8 kilograms of ice.
In terms of international cooperation, we took the initiative to integrate into the overall situation of international drug control and launched the fourth phase of "Meilong" international joint law enforcement action in the Asia-Pacific region. In 2022, through the cooperation between China Customs and overseas law enforcement agencies, overseas law enforcement agencies seized 146 kilograms of drugs and arrested 21 suspects, demonstrating China’s responsibility as a responsible big country.
Consolidate the foundation and improve the efficiency of anti-drug work
"In recent years, the overall drug situation in China has improved and continued to improve, and the scale of drug abuse has continued to decrease. But at the same time, the global drug tide continues to flood, drug smuggling and trafficking activities continue to be active, and the anti-drug situation we are facing is still complicated and changeable. " Sun Zhijie said frankly.
From the perspective of smuggling channels, postal, express mail, freight and other channels have been seized, among which the risk of delivery channel is the most prominent, and foreign drugs enter the country in small quantities, many times and scattered through international parcels. In addition, bulk drug smuggling occurs from time to time in the freight channel, mainly because drugs from the "Golden Triangle" in the southwest border are smuggled into China through land ports, and cocaine from South America is smuggled by sea to our coastal areas for transshipment and distribution.
In terms of smuggling methods, drug traffickers mostly use the methods of separating money from drugs and separating people, and the smuggling and drug trafficking methods of "internet plus logistics delivery", and the way of linking has developed from mass chat tools to minority social tools or even dark networks; The circulation of drug money has expanded from internet payment to virtual currency; The way of drug possession has evolved from simple camouflage to professional camouflage.
"Judging from the types of drugs seized, γ -The seizure of new drugs such as hydroxybutyric acid, triazolam and synthetic cannabinoids has increased, and the abuse of such drugs after entry is extremely harmful. " According to Sun Zhijie’s analysis, the variety of drugs seized at the port is closely related to drug abuse in China. According to the Report on Drug Situation in China in 2022, the consumption of common drugs with a large number of abusers such as heroin and ice has generally declined, while the number of people who investigate and punish the abuse of new psychoactive substances such as synthetic cannabinoids has increased throughout the year. This is basically consistent with the situation seized by the customs at the port.
"In order to prevent and control the smuggling of new drugs, the national customs carried out joint risk judgment, timely assessed the risk situation of new drug smuggling at ports, and strengthened the application of scientific and technological equipment." Xia Jun said that the Customs strengthened the manual mapping analysis of new drugs through 3D imaging, slicing focusing and multi-angle mapping, and used Raman spectrum detector or drug rapid detection board to screen unknown powders, crystals and suspected drugs, so as to timely check and control new drugs hidden and disguised, and crack down on new drug smuggling.
The national customs anti-smuggling department strengthens the research on anti-drug warfare, collects typical cases seized at various ports, summarizes new laws and characteristics in time, and puts forward new measures and tactics in a targeted manner.