9 jailed after landmark China-US fentanyl probe | The Malaysian Insight

A pamphlet warning about the synthetic opioid fentanyl distributed in New York City last year. China's sentencing of nine fentanyl smugglers comes amid negotiations on a potential deal with the US after more than a year of trade conflict between the countries. – AFP pic, November 7, 2019.

CHINA today jailed nine people, one with a suspended death sentence, for illegally selling fentanyl to US buyers, the result of a landmark joint investigation into a drug that has killed thousands of Americans. The US has long accused China of being the main source of the deadly opioid, with President Donald Trump charging in August that Beijing had reneged on its promise to crack down on the drug.

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