China: Over 34,000 suspects caught for food related crimes, says MPS

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BEIJING, 15 March, 2021 (TON): On Monday, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said, more than 34,000 suspects caught while handling 19,000 food-related criminal cases in a crackdown that started in May 2020.

The ministry confirmed that the cases accounted involved worth 16.3 billion yuan.

It added that more than 9,500 crime dens had been destructed and over 3,100 criminal groups were busted during the period.

Kunlun 2020, an operation launched in May by the MPS to target food and drug safety laws violations, and intellectual property rights among others.

Additionally, for menacing drug safety, the police also dealt with more than 4,600 cases and detained over 10,000 suspects during the operation.

 

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