5 dead in gas poisoning FIVE people were killed in a suspected gas poisoning in a hotpot restaurant in Qingdao, capital of East China’s Shandong Province, on Saturday. At 10:40 a.m., local police received a report that five people died from suspected gas poisoning in a downtown hotpot restaurant. Investigation into the cause of the incident and the identities of the five people is under way. Drugs seized POLICE in Southwest China’s Yunnan Province have seized a total of 114.9 kg of drugs and captured 18 suspects in five recent cases, local authorities said Saturday. On July 22, police on the China-Myanmar border city of Lincang busted two cases after receiving tip-offs about drug trafficking, with 32.67 kg of methamphetamine seized and seven suspects caught. |