Published on: 2026-05-22
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian language –
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Fuzhou, May 22 /Xinhua/ — Starting from 2025, the China Coast Guard has revealed seven major cases of drug smuggling by sea and seized 11.5 tons of narcotics. In all cases, the narcotics were linked to foreign sources of drugs. This is the information disseminated by the China Coast Guard at an international meeting attended by Chinese and foreign maritime law enforcement agencies.
As announced at the 22nd working meeting of the heads of Asian coastal agencies, which concluded on Thursday in the city of Quanzhou /Fujian Province, East China/, China’s Coastal Guard from 2025 revealed and stopped more than 150 cases of illegal migration.
Representatives of maritime law enforcement agencies from 16 countries and regions of the world, including Australia, Bahrain, the Republic of Korea, and Vietnam, as well as two international organizations, participated in the meeting. In total, more than 80 people took part in the working meeting. Representatives of the relevant agencies of the United Kingdom and New Zealand attended the meeting as observers.
At the meeting, in-depth and pragmatic discussions were held on issues such as ensuring regional maritime security, preventing transnational maritime crime and combating it, search and rescue at sea, marine environmental protection, and the exchange of information among law enforcement agencies with the aim of enhancing their capacity.
The participants of the meeting came to a consensus on the necessity of activating multilateral legally binding cooperation for the purpose of facilitating sustainable development, supporting security and stability in the maritime space in the region.
There was a general readiness to deepen communication and interaction, as well as to enhance the possibilities of joint response. -0-
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