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Japan gov't panel approves 2 iPS-derived drugs

University of Osaka professor Yoshiki Sawa holds a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 19, 2026, after Japan's health ministry panel approved the commercialization of two regenerative medicine products prepared from iPS cells, the first of their kind in the world. One of the two drugs, ReHeart, heart muscle sheets derived from human iPS cells, was developed by a startup originating from Sawa's team at the university.

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Japan gov't panel approves 2 iPS-derived drugs

University of Osaka professor Yoshiki Sawa holds a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 19, 2026, after Japan's health ministry panel approved the commercialization of two regenerative medicine products prepared from iPS cells, the first of their kind in the world. One of the two drugs, ReHeart, heart muscle sheets derived from human iPS cells, was developed by a startup originating from Sawa's team at the university.

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Japan gov't panel approves 2 iPS-derived drugs

University of Osaka professor Yoshiki Sawa holds a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 19, 2026, after Japan's health ministry panel approved the commercialization of two regenerative medicine products prepared from iPS cells, the first of their kind in the world. One of the two drugs, ReHeart, heart muscle sheets derived from human iPS cells, was developed by a startup originating from Sawa's team at the university.

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French fugitive Mohamed Amra arrested in Romania nine months after deadly van ambush

Policemen escort French convict Mohamed Amra 'The Fly' to the court of appeal in Bucharest, Romania, on February 23, 2025. Mohamed Amra, on the run since being freed in May 2024 in an ambush that left two prison officers dead, has been arrested in Romania, the interior ministers of both countries said on February 22, 2025. Mohamed Amra, accused of being a major drugs gangland figure, had vanished without a trace after an attack with military-grade assault weapons on a prison van carrying him in the northwestern Normandy region. Photo by Octav Ganea/Inquam Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French fugitive Mohamed Amra arrested in Romania nine months after deadly van ambush

Policemen escort French convict Mohamed Amra 'The Fly' to the court of appeal in Bucharest, Romania, on February 23, 2025. Mohamed Amra, on the run since being freed in May 2024 in an ambush that left two prison officers dead, has been arrested in Romania, the interior ministers of both countries said on February 22, 2025. Mohamed Amra, accused of being a major drugs gangland figure, had vanished without a trace after an attack with military-grade assault weapons on a prison van carrying him in the northwestern Normandy region. Photo by Octav Ganea/Inquam Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French fugitive Mohamed Amra arrested in Romania nine months after deadly van ambush

Policemen escort French convict Mohamed Amra 'The Fly' to the court of appeal in Bucharest, Romania, on February 23, 2025. Mohamed Amra, on the run since being freed in May 2024 in an ambush that left two prison officers dead, has been arrested in Romania, the interior ministers of both countries said on February 22, 2025. Mohamed Amra, accused of being a major drugs gangland figure, had vanished without a trace after an attack with military-grade assault weapons on a prison van carrying him in the northwestern Normandy region. Photo by Octav Ganea/Inquam Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pierre Palmade’s Drug-Fuelled Crash Trial Start - Melun

Pierre Palamde hides as he arrives for his trial at the courthouse of Melun, France on November 20, 2023. Pierre Palmade is facing manslaughter charges after causing a head-on collision with another car while driving under the influence of drugs, injuring three people and leading to a pregnant woman to lose her baby. Two of the drug dealing trial defendants, aged 21 and 32, and with previously clean records, were sentenced respectively to a one-year suspended prison sentence and a one year prison sentence. A third defendant, aged 22, suspected of having been a deliveryman, was acquitted of the charge. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pierre Palmade’s Drug-Fuelled Crash Trial Start - Melun

Pierre Palamde hides as he arrives for his trial at the courthouse of Melun, France on November 20, 2023. Pierre Palmade is facing manslaughter charges after causing a head-on collision with another car while driving under the influence of drugs, injuring three people and leading to a pregnant woman to lose her baby. Two of the drug dealing trial defendants, aged 21 and 32, and with previously clean records, were sentenced respectively to a one-year suspended prison sentence and a one year prison sentence. A third defendant, aged 22, suspected of having been a deliveryman, was acquitted of the charge. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pierre Palmade’s Drug-Fuelled Crash Trial Start - Melun

Pierre Palamde hides as he arrives for his trial at the courthouse of Melun, France on November 20, 2023. Pierre Palmade is facing manslaughter charges after causing a head-on collision with another car while driving under the influence of drugs, injuring three people and leading to a pregnant woman to lose her baby. Two of the drug dealing trial defendants, aged 21 and 32, and with previously clean records, were sentenced respectively to a one-year suspended prison sentence and a one year prison sentence. A third defendant, aged 22, suspected of having been a deliveryman, was acquitted of the charge. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pierre Palmade’s Drug-Fuelled Crash Trial Start - Melun

Pierre Palamde hides as he arrives for his trial at the courthouse of Melun, France on November 20, 2023. Pierre Palmade is facing manslaughter charges after causing a head-on collision with another car while driving under the influence of drugs, injuring three people and leading to a pregnant woman to lose her baby. Two of the drug dealing trial defendants, aged 21 and 32, and with previously clean records, were sentenced respectively to a one-year suspended prison sentence and a one year prison sentence. A third defendant, aged 22, suspected of having been a deliveryman, was acquitted of the charge. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pierre Palmade’s Drug-Fuelled Crash Trial Start - Melun

Pierre Palamde hides as he arrives for his trial at the courthouse of Melun, France on November 20, 2023. Pierre Palmade is facing manslaughter charges after causing a head-on collision with another car while driving under the influence of drugs, injuring three people and leading to a pregnant woman to lose her baby. Two of the drug dealing trial defendants, aged 21 and 32, and with previously clean records, were sentenced respectively to a one-year suspended prison sentence and a one year prison sentence. A third defendant, aged 22, suspected of having been a deliveryman, was acquitted of the charge. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China-donated police patrol boats handed over to Myanmar

STORY: China-donated police patrol boats handed over to Myanmar SHOOTING TIME: June 11, 2024 DATELINE: June 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:15 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the donation ceremony STORYLINE: A total of six police patrol boats donated by the Chinese government were handed over to Myanmar in Yangon on Tuesday. China's Ambassador to Myanmar Chen Hai congratulated the smooth handover of the police patrol boat project. China and Myanmar are favorably positioned to jointly implement the Global Security Initiative in Myanmar, Chen said. China is willing to deepen cooperation with Myanmar in law enforcement capacity building, continue to crack down on cross-border criminal activities such as gambling fraud and drugs, and further safeguard the common interests of the two countries, Chen Hai added. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Yangon, Myanmar. (XHTV)

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Türkiye detains 2 in border province on suspicion of drug trafficking

STORY: Türkiye detains 2 in border province on suspicion of drug trafficking SHOOTING TIME: April 7, 2024 DATELINE: April 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of the searching of the truck with a detector dog in Edirne, Türkiye 2. various of drug pills seized in the operation being displayed at the police headquarters in Edirne, Türkiye 3. various of suspects arrested STORYLINE: Turkish police on Sunday seized 58.2 kg of synthetic drug pills and detained two suspects in the northwestern border province of Edirne, semi-official Anadolu Agency reported. The anti-narcotics and anti-smuggling teams carried out an operation against two trucks entering Türkiye through the Kapikule border crossing with Bulgaria, Anadolu reported, adding the drugs were found concealed in the towing section of the trucks. Official procedures for the suspects are currently underway at the police station, it noted, without providing further details. Turkish security authorities re

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6 killed, 3 injured as lorry rams into vehicles at police stop in southern Spain

STORY: 6 killed, 3 injured as lorry rams into vehicles at police stop in southern Spain SHOOTING TIME: March 19, 2024 DATELINE: March 20, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the accident site STORYLINE: Six people were killed and three others seriously injured when a lorry rammed into several vehicles at a police stop on the AP-4 highway close to the southern Spanish city of Seville in the early hours of Tuesday. The incident happened at around 4:30 a.m. local time (0330 GMT) when the lorry smashed into several vehicles after appearing to run out of control, the Spanish Civil Guard reported. Among the dead were two civil guards and four civilians, whose cars were being checked. The driver of the lorry was unhurt and later tested negative for both alcohol and drugs. The cause of the accident is under investigation. An early hypothesis holds that the driver was either distracted or asleep at the wheel and did not see the police stop until the last

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Macron Visits Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Company - Chartres

President Emmanuel Macron, alongside Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen, visits the Danish multinational pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk in Chartres, central France, on November 23, 2023. Emmanuel Macron will formalise on November 23, 2023 in Chartres (Eure-et-Loir) an investment of more than two billion euros from the Danish Novo Nordisk in the production of drugs for diabetes and obesity, thus adding a new aspect to the reindustrialisation of the country. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Macron Visits Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Company - Chartres

President Emmanuel Macron visits the Danish multinational pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk in Chartres, central France, on November 23, 2023. Emmanuel Macron will formalise on November 23, 2023 in Chartres (Eure-et-Loir) an investment of more than two billion euros from the Danish Novo Nordisk in the production of drugs for diabetes and obesity, thus adding a new aspect to the reindustrialisation of the country. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Macron Visits Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Company - Chartres

President Emmanuel Macron visits the Danish multinational pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk in Chartres, central France, on November 23, 2023. Emmanuel Macron will formalise on November 23, 2023 in Chartres (Eure-et-Loir) an investment of more than two billion euros from the Danish Novo Nordisk in the production of drugs for diabetes and obesity, thus adding a new aspect to the reindustrialisation of the country. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Macron Visits Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Company - Chartres

President Emmanuel Macron visits the Danish multinational pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk in Chartres, central France, on November 23, 2023. Emmanuel Macron will formalise on November 23, 2023 in Chartres (Eure-et-Loir) an investment of more than two billion euros from the Danish Novo Nordisk in the production of drugs for diabetes and obesity, thus adding a new aspect to the reindustrialisation of the country. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Macron Visits Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Company - Chartres

President Emmanuel Macron visits the Danish multinational pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk in Chartres, central France, on November 23, 2023. Emmanuel Macron will formalise on November 23, 2023 in Chartres (Eure-et-Loir) an investment of more than two billion euros from the Danish Novo Nordisk in the production of drugs for diabetes and obesity, thus adding a new aspect to the reindustrialisation of the country. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Macron Visits Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Company - Chartres

President Emmanuel Macron visits the Danish multinational pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk in Chartres, central France, on November 23, 2023. Emmanuel Macron will formalise on November 23, 2023 in Chartres (Eure-et-Loir) an investment of more than two billion euros from the Danish Novo Nordisk in the production of drugs for diabetes and obesity, thus adding a new aspect to the reindustrialisation of the country. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Macron Visits Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Company - Chartres

President Emmanuel Macron, alongside Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen, visits the Danish multinational pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk in Chartres, central France, on November 23, 2023. Emmanuel Macron will formalise on November 23, 2023 in Chartres (Eure-et-Loir) an investment of more than two billion euros from the Danish Novo Nordisk in the production of drugs for diabetes and obesity, thus adding a new aspect to the reindustrialisation of the country. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Macron Visits Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Company - Chartres

President Emmanuel Macron visits the Danish multinational pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk in Chartres, central France, on November 23, 2023. Emmanuel Macron will formalise on November 23, 2023 in Chartres (Eure-et-Loir) an investment of more than two billion euros from the Danish Novo Nordisk in the production of drugs for diabetes and obesity, thus adding a new aspect to the reindustrialisation of the country. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish police seize over 1 ton of drugs

STORY: Turkish police seize over 1 ton of drugs SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 3, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:05 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish police anti-narcotic operations in Türkiye (courtesy of Turkish Interior Ministry) STORYLINE: Turkish security forces seized 1.1 tons of drugs in anti-narcotic operations across 44 provinces, the country's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Friday. A total of 176 suspects were detained in the operations involving 387 teams, 985 police officers, two aircraft, and 27 narcotic detection dogs, Yerlikaya said on social media X. The police seized 846 kg of methamphetamine, 223 kg of skunk, 11 kg of cocaine, 15 kg of marijuana, five kg of bonzai, 0.5 kg of heroin, 35,000 narcotic pills, 14 pistols, four rifles, and a large amount of money. Located at the conjunction of Asia and Europe, Türkiye has been grappling with international drug smuggling for many years. Turkish security forces frequently launch operations against drug dea

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Turkish police seize 500 kg meth in Istanbul

STORY: Turkish police seize 450 kg meth in Istanbul DATELINE: Aug. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of police officers in operation 2. various of police officers unloading drugs 3. a photo of drugs seized from the operation STORYLINE: Five suspects, including a foreigner, were detained after almost 450 kilograms of methamphetamine was seized by Turkish anti-narcotics police in Istanbul, officials said on Monday. The operation comes as part of a probe into illicit trafficking of drugs. Acting on a tip-off, the police began tracking the suspects involved in drug trafficking and stopped a car and two trucks in Istanbul's Tuzla district, the governor's office said in a statement. During the search, the police found 447.5 kg of liquid narcotics drugs in 20 drums, the office said. Turkish security forces frequently launch operations against drug dealers as part of an ongoing nationwide crackdown on drug use and trafficking. Last month, the Istanbu

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Iraqi medics call for public awareness of drug problem

STORY: Iraqi medics call for public awareness of drug problem DATELINE: June 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:32 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Ibn Rushd Psychiatric Hospital in Baghdad 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ADNAN YASIN, Head of Ibn Rushd Psychiatric Hospital 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AHMED MOHAMMED SHAKER, Psychotherapist at Ibn Rushd Psychiatric Hospital 4. various of Fakher Monther speaking at a drug control symposium STORYLINE: For the past two decades, the spread of drugs, particularly among young people, has become one of Iraq's most pressing and intricate issues. Iraqi medics have emphasized that the Iraqi government's challenges in drug control stem from social instability, a high unemployment rate, poverty, an underdeveloped healthcare system, and public unawareness of the dangers posed by drugs. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ADNAN YASIN, Head of Ibn Rushd Psychiatric Hospital "In general, most of the people that come to our hospital range between 20-40 years old, and there are i

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Afghan police destroy drug processing lab, arrest 2 in Badakhshan province

STORY: Afghan police destroy drug processing lab, arrest 2 in Badakhshan province DATELINE: Jan. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Afghan police on duty on the streets STORYLINE: The Afghan counter-narcotics police destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested two persons on the charge of involvement in the drug business in Afghanistan's northern Badakhsahn province on Wednesday, reported the state-run Bakhtar news agency (BNA) on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, the units of counter-narcotic police launched an operation in Argo district of Badakhshan province on Wednesday, discovering and destroying a drug processing lab and arresting two persons from the site, the news agency reported. According to the media outlet, the police had also uncovered a huge number of materials used in manufacturing heroin from the site. Afghan authorities have intensified their crackdown on illicit drugs and those involved in the underground business as security person

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Aska being taken to prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - A car carrying singer-songwriter Aska, half of the well-known musical duo Chage and Aska, leaves a police station in Tokyo for a prosecutors' office on May 29, 2014. Two days earlier, police served a fresh arrest warrant on the 56-year-old musician for use of stimulant drugs after his initial arrest on suspicion of possession of the drugs in mid-May.

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80kg of cocaine found on Japan coast

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 21, 2013, shows the seashore in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, where four backpacks containing roughly 80 kilograms of cocaine were discovered two days earlier in one of the largest finds of drugs in Japan.

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Japan professor awarded for AIDS treatment findings

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken May 20, 2013, shows Masanori Baba, a professor at Kagoshima University in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, who won an award from the Washington-based International Society for Antiviral Research earlier that month for his discovery of two candidate substances for anti-AIDS drugs.

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Smuggling stimulants in auto tire

OSAKA, Japan - Smuggled stimulant drugs are shown to reporters at the Osaka Customs office in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2012. The same day prosecutors indicted two men for trying to smuggle the drugs into Japan by concealing them in the spare tire (front) of a car brought by container ship from Canada.

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Otsuka ties up with Denmark's Lundbeck on psychiatric drugs

TOKYO, Japan - Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. President Taro Iwamoto and Danish drugmaker H. Lundbeck A/S CEO Ulf Wiinberg shake hands in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2011. The two companies agreed to share costs to develop and market drugs to treat central neurological diseases including schizophrenia.

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Japan, Russia agree to take action against customs offenses

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) and visiting Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin shake hands before their talks at Aso's office in Tokyo on May 12. The two countries agreed to provide each other with more customs information to crack down on smuggling of drugs, guns and goods infringing intellectual property rights.

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(1)Japanese men go on trial in China for alleged drug smuggling

DALIAN, China - Photo shows the People's Intermediate Court in Dalian, northeastern China, where two Japanese men -- Teruo Takeda, 61, from Nagoya and a 38-year-old man from Osaka -- went on trial Nov. 30 on charges of smuggling drugs from China to Japan.

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Man admits to smuggling drugs into Japan by U.S. military mail

YOKOHAMA, Japan - One of two American men arrested by Japanese police has admitted to smuggling illegal drugs (shown in photo) into Japan using the U.S. military mail service, investigative sources said Aug. 6. The confession was made by Babe Cole, who works for the U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, to the Kanagawa police. The other suspect, William Jenkins, a former base employee, has denied the allegation, they said.

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Taisho Pharmaceutical, Toyama Chemical to form alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuhiko Nakano (L), president of Toyama Chemical Co., and Akira Uehara, president of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., shake hands in Tokyo on Aug. 9 before their announcement of a business alliance between the two companies at a press conference. They said Taisho will take a stake of about 20% in Toyama Chemical Co. in September and form an alliance in the field of prescription drugs.

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Drug summit opens, focuses on stimulants and Afghan opium

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (R) makes an opening address at the International Drug Control Summit 2002 at a Tokyo hotel on April 23. Hashimoto chairs the two-day forum focused on the growing use of stimulants and the link between drugs and terrorism.

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Pacific coast guards to team up against poachers, drugs, guns

TOKYO, Japan - National coast guard chiefs from Japan, South Korea, Russia and the United States shake hands after a two-day meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 21. They agreed to team up to fight crimes such as drug and gun smuggling and poaching in their territorial waters. (From L to R) South Korean National Maritime Police Agency Commissioner Lee Gyu Sik, Japan Coast Guard Commandant Shogo Arai, Russian Federal Border Service Commandant Konstantin Totskii and U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. James Loy. China canceled plans to attend the meeting.

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Man nabbed over smuggling drugs in form of folk art

NARITA, Japan - Customs officials at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Dec. 15 show two plaques made of about 9.3 kilograms of cannabis resin. They were allegedly found in the possession of Robin Jenkins, a 41-year-old Dutch man who arrived at the airport from Johannesburg, South Africa, via Singapore on Nov. 27. The haul has a street value of 74.4 million yen.

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350 acres of hashish land destroyed in W. Afghanistan

STORY: 350 acres of hashish land destroyed in W. Afghanistan DATELINE: Sept. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of counter-narcotics police destroying the hashish crops in Herat province STORYLINE: Afghan security forces have destroyed 350 acres of hashish farms over the past two months in western Herat province, head of the counter-narcotics force in the province Mawlawi Hayatullah Rohani said Monday. The operations have covered Enjil, Gazara, Shindand, Adraskan, Farsi, Obe and Zawal districts, the official said, adding that his administration would continue to fight poppy cultivation, hashish and all kinds of illegal crops used in manufacturing illicit drugs in the province. The counter-narcotics police have destroyed more than 5,000 acres of poppy and hashish fields across Herat province over the past five months, according to the official. Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban-run administration, in a decree issued in April banne

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Police bust first large-scale hash processing lab in Spain

STORY: Police bust first large-scale hash processing lab in Spain DATELINE: July 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the joint operation (courtesy of Civil Guard and Spanish National Police) STORYLINE: Law enforcement officers from Spain's Civil Guard and National Police have busted the country's first large-scale hashish processing laboratory. In a joint operation that began in January, officers raided 12 locations in the Barcelona area and arrested 13 people for belonging to a criminal organization specializing in international drug trafficking. During the raid, officers found two hashish processing labs and one for the production of synthetic drugs, and seized 710 kilograms of marijuana, 1,305 marijuana plants, 140,000 euros in cash, firearms and a high-end armoured vehicle. The Pompey-Mars operation began with a suspicious activity discovered in a warehouse in Castellar del Valles, a town near Barcelona. It was in June that officers discove

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Afghan forces detain 2 drug smugglers, seize contraband

STORY: Afghan forces detain 2 drug smugglers, seize contraband DATELINE: June 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: various of street view in Afghanistanvarious of Afghan security forces STORYLINE: Afghan security forces have found illegal drugs and arrested two people during a routine checking of vehicles on the Kabul-Jalalabad road, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Friday. During the checking of a car on Thursday, police discovered 38 kg of illicit drugs and detained two commuters on the charge of smuggling the contraband, the news agency added. Without providing more details, the media outlet asserted that the security forces would continue to crack down on drug traffickers in the country. The Taliban-run administration, which formally banned poppy cultivation and its processing in April, has vowed to get Afghanistan out of the drug menace. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul. (XHTV)

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China's first cross-border e-commerce retail import of drugs launched in Henan

STORY: China's first cross-border e-commerce retail import of drugs launched in Henan DATELINE: April 14, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:53 LOCATION: ZHENGZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. Henan Bonded Logistics Center 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) 3. various of a pharmacy STORYLINE: China's first cross-border e-commerce retail import of drugs was officially launched on Monday in Henan Bonded Logistics Center, marking the start of the pilot project. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) "The order is being declared through the electronic port, which will last about two to three minutes. After the order is approved, its data will be transmitted directly to the drug administration warehouse. The drugs will be delivered after they are packed in the warehouse." The program covers 13 non-prescription drugs licensed for sale in China. Consumers can shop online through the "Global Bay" platform and a WeChat applet, or buy their drugs at designated offline pharmacies. With a unique QR code, each box of drugs can be traced through t

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Arrestation Of Two Smugglers Of More Than 100 Kilogerams Of Amphetamine Drugs

Military personnel seen guarding the evidence of methamphetamine and ecstasy as evidence of a case of drug trafficking at the Belawan Lantamal I Command Headquarters in North Sumatra, Indonesia on April 19, 2021. The Indonesian national navy has successfully arrested two smugglers of more than 100 kilogerams of amphetamine (crystal methamphetamine and ecstasy) drugs that are suspected of being carried from Malaysia - China in the waters of the Asahan River, North Sumatra, Indonesia on April 18, 2021. The disclosure was an intelligence collaboration and routine patrols, said the Commander of Koarmada I Rear Admiral TNI A Rasyid K, SE, MM. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arrestation Of Two Smugglers Of More Than 100 Kilogerams Of Amphetamine Drugs

The suspect in the drug smuggling case is seen at the press conference about drugs trafficking case. Photo taken at the Belawan Lantamal I Command Headquarters in North Sumatra, Indonesia on April 19, 2021. The Indonesian national navy has successfully arrested two smugglers of more than 100 kilogerams of amphetamine (crystal methamphetamine and ecstasy) drugs that are suspected of being carried from Malaysia - China in the waters of the Asahan River, North Sumatra, Indonesia on April 18, 2021. The disclosure was an intelligence collaboration and routine patrols, said the Commander of Koarmada I Rear Admiral TNI A Rasyid K, SE, MM. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arrestation Of Two Smugglers Of More Than 100 Kilogerams Of Amphetamine Drugs

The suspect in the drug smuggling case is seen at the press conference about drugs trafficking case. Photo taken at the Belawan Lantamal I Command Headquarters in North Sumatra, Indonesia on April 19, 2021. The Indonesian national navy has successfully arrested two smugglers of more than 100 kilogerams of amphetamine (crystal methamphetamine and ecstasy) drugs that are suspected of being carried from Malaysia - China in the waters of the Asahan River, North Sumatra, Indonesia on April 18, 2021. The disclosure was an intelligence collaboration and routine patrols, said the Commander of Koarmada I Rear Admiral TNI A Rasyid K, SE, MM. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arrestation Of Two Smugglers Of More Than 100 Kilogerams Of Amphetamine Drugs

Military personnel seen guarding the evidence of methamphetamine and ecstasy as evidence of a case of drug trafficking at the Belawan Lantamal I Command Headquarters in North Sumatra, Indonesia on April 19, 2021. The Indonesian national navy has successfully arrested two smugglers of more than 100 kilogerams of amphetamine (crystal methamphetamine and ecstasy) drugs that are suspected of being carried from Malaysia - China in the waters of the Asahan River, North Sumatra, Indonesia on April 18, 2021. The disclosure was an intelligence collaboration and routine patrols, said the Commander of Koarmada I Rear Admiral TNI A Rasyid K, SE, MM. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arrestation Of Two Smugglers Of More Than 100 Kilogerams Of Amphetamine Drugs

Military personnel seen guarding the evidence of methamphetamine and ecstasy as evidence of a case of drug trafficking at the Belawan Lantamal I Command Headquarters in North Sumatra, Indonesia on April 19, 2021. The Indonesian national navy has successfully arrested two smugglers of more than 100 kilogerams of amphetamine (crystal methamphetamine and ecstasy) drugs that are suspected of being carried from Malaysia - China in the waters of the Asahan River, North Sumatra, Indonesia on April 18, 2021. The disclosure was an intelligence collaboration and routine patrols, said the Commander of Koarmada I Rear Admiral TNI A Rasyid K, SE, MM. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arrestation Of Two Smugglers Of More Than 100 Kilogerams Of Amphetamine Drugs

(Middle) Commander of Koarmada I Rear Admiral TNI A Rasyid K, SE, MM seen while the press conference of drugs trafficking case. Photo taken at the Belawan Lantamal I Command Headquarters in North Sumatra, Indonesia on April 19, 2021. The Indonesian national navy has successfully arrested two smugglers of more than 100 kilogerams of amphetamine (crystal methamphetamine and ecstasy) drugs that are suspected of being carried from Malaysia - China in the waters of the Asahan River, North Sumatra, Indonesia on April 18, 2021. The disclosure was an intelligence collaboration and routine patrols, said the Commander of Koarmada I Rear Admiral TNI A Rasyid K, SE, MM. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arrestation Of Two Smugglers Of More Than 100 Kilogerams Of Amphetamine Drugs

(R) Commander of Koarmada I Rear Admiral TNI A Rasyid K, SE, MM seen while the press conference of drugs trafficking case. Photo taken at the Belawan Lantamal I Command Headquarters in North Sumatra, Indonesia on April 19, 2021. The Indonesian national navy has successfully arrested two smugglers of more than 100 kilogerams of amphetamine (crystal methamphetamine and ecstasy) drugs that are suspected of being carried from Malaysia - China in the waters of the Asahan River, North Sumatra, Indonesia on April 18, 2021. The disclosure was an intelligence collaboration and routine patrols, said the Commander of Koarmada I Rear Admiral TNI A Rasyid K, SE, MM. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arrestation Of Two Smugglers Of More Than 100 Kilogerams Of Amphetamine Drugs

(Middle) Commander of Koarmada I Rear Admiral TNI A Rasyid K, SE, MM seen while the press conference of drugs trafficking case. Photo taken at the Belawan Lantamal I Command Headquarters in North Sumatra, Indonesia on April 19, 2021. The Indonesian national navy has successfully arrested two smugglers of more than 100 kilogerams of amphetamine (crystal methamphetamine and ecstasy) drugs that are suspected of being carried from Malaysia - China in the waters of the Asahan River, North Sumatra, Indonesia on April 18, 2021. The disclosure was an intelligence collaboration and routine patrols, said the Commander of Koarmada I Rear Admiral TNI A Rasyid K, SE, MM. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM