Gun battle: Muslim drug warlord in China

Very few knew about this story of an entire town overtaken by a Muslim drug lord in China. The town was so corrupted that drugs were openly traded on the street by residence and exported all over China. Several attempt by police to arrest drug kingpins were repealed by its civilians. Finally in Nov 1992, the government send 3,000 armed militia to take back the town. It became a war zone pretty soon. When the smoke cleared, they counted 964 AK-47, 40,000 rounds, 278 landmine, grenades etc. They found cash of USD$100M (the currency of drugs), 2.5kg gold, 14.6kg silver. There were 60 trucks and 34 motorbike used in the transport of drugs. 854 people involved in the drug trade were arrested. Strangely only 1000kg heroin were found. The police suspect much of the drug were hidden away.

(PS I was told by an ex-cop who was involved in this operation that they burned and leveled the entire town so that nothing survive hidden in tunnels and basement).