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While a drug war continues to claim lives on the US-Mexico border, China is battling its own influx of drugs from the south. Andrew Livingstone reports on the Shenzhen police successes in anti-drug stings this year.

It is one of the largest drug seizures in China so far this year. Earlier this month- police in the central Chinese province of Hubei revealed that they seized more than 100 kilograms of drugs from one of the province’s largest drug rings. BON’s George Liu has more on the case and on the Chinese government’s ongoing battle to rid the country of illegal drug trafficking.

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Now, plans are underway here in China to tax drivers on the level of emissions produced by their vehicles. Under the plans, drivers will be taxed on the gas displacement of their car and the distance covered. Lawmakers say the tax will reduce the levels of traffic in China's cities and cut pollution. But some drivers are skeptical about the plans. Here's what people had to say in today's edition of Straight from the Street.

The US transportation department revealed that there are some people using the pastiche ticket to take tube for free. The pastiche ticket could allow people to pass the underground entrance with no limitation. The US transportation security department announced that they have confiscated 33 pastiche tickets last year and 15 this year. The average price for this kind of ticket is around 27 US dollars.