article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Chinese police have arrested more than 133,000 people and seized 43.3 tons of illegal narcotics during a six-month anti-drug campaign, China's Ministry of Public Security has announced.
article_snippet.sent: Authorities also handled 115,000 drug-related crimes -- such as robbery -- and 606,000 cases of drug use during the nationwide campaign to "ban drugs in hundreds of cities," Liu Yuejin, Assistant Minister of Public Security, said Wednesday.
article_snippet.sent: The figures were nearly double the same period a year earlier, while the amount of narcotics seized was up by 44.9%, according to the country's Ministry of Public Security.
article_snippet.sent: Nine police officers died and another 657 were wounded in the mission, with 76 severely wounded.
article_snippet.sent: the country's Ministry of Public Security rewarded 60 units and 100 people.
highlights_snippet.sent: Police arrest 133,000 people and seize 43.3 tons of narcotics in a six-month period .
  