Canadian drug racketeer escapes from Vadodara

Vadodara: Airports in the country have been
alerted following the escape of a Canadian national -- an
under-trial in a narcotics case -- from police custody last
night here, official sources said Friday.

Xie Jing Feng, a Canadian of Chinese origin, fled from
SSG Hospital here, where he had been taken for treatment.

He and his two associates had been arrested after
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) busted an international drug
trafficking racket with seizure of 30 kg of Methamphetamine
worth Rs 12 crore from a clandestine laboratory near here in
November 2008.

Police officials who were accompanying him when he fled
have been suspended, said city Police Commissioner Rakesh
Asthana.

PTI