26 detained on suspicion of smuggling drugs inside crayfish
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Spicy crayfish is a favorite type of street food in China, but for some drug dealers, it is also the latest place to hide methamphetamine.

Authorities in the city of Huzhou, eastern China's Zhejiang Province, have busted a drug gang that transported drugs from central China's Hubei Province, resulting in 26 suspects being detained.

One of the suspects, surnamed Yuan, sells crayfish in Anji, a county under the jurisdiction of Huzhou. Yuan was spotted purchasing crayfish from another suspect, Su, a former drug addict from Hubei. Yuan was found transferring a large sum of money to Su after buying a very small amount of crayfish, which prompted police suspicion.

In July, police caught Yuan collecting the crayfish on a highway and found more than 300 grams of meth. Police also detained 22 others the day after and confiscated an airgun. Other suspects were caught thanks to a tip-off from a fellow suspect.

According to Yuan, many addicts bought drugs from him in code, saying they "needed to eat crayfish."

"If they said they needed 5 kg of crayfish, they meant one gram of meth," Yuan said.

China is the world's largest crayfish producer, according to a 2017 report by the then Ministry of Agriculture, now known as the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Crayfish output in the country skyrocketed to 852,300 tonnes in 2016 from 265,500 tonnes in 2007.

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