'It is completely illegal'

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 26, 2023 12:11 am

(UPDATE) BEIJING: Beijing criticized US authorities on Saturday for charging four Chinese companies and eight individuals with trafficking chemicals used in manufacturing fentanyl, calling the arrests 'arbitrary detention.'

The US Justice Department is intensifying a crackdown on the synthetic opioid responsible for hundreds of thousands of overdose deaths in America over the past decade.

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