In China Yangzhou city court sentenced 23 smugglers to 15 years' life imprisonment. The gang members were involved in smuggling oil products, reports Xinhua.

The investigation established, that the gang operated from 2013 until November 2015. During that period the gang smuggled 35 thousand tons of oil products.

Last year in November, customs officers of Yangzhou found a tanker engaged in illegal transportation of petroleum along the coasts of Yangtze River. Later another tanker was revealed.