Two drug dealers sentenced to death in E China

Two drug dealers sentenced to death in E China

Two drug traffickers have been sentenced to death for dealing large amounts of crystal methamphetamine, or "ice", in east China's Zhejiang Province, sources with the local court said Wednesday.

The Intermediate People's Court of Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, sentenced Hu Zhongyi, a native of the city, to death for trafficking 3 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine between January and April 2009.

Wu Yiwei, also from Wenzhou, received death for trading 1.4 kg of crystal methamphetamine and possessing another 1 kg.

Eight others involved in drug trafficking received death sentences with reprieves, life imprisonment or jail terms.