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From police to drug lord, involving 31 tons of drug production, 9 years on the run, this legendary life is full of twists and turns. However, he claimed that everything was done "for the sake of national righteousness."
Recently, a question on Zhihu has attracted widespread attention: "Will online abuse of Mexican drug lords in China lead to transnational arrests?" The question sparked a heated discussion among netizens, but one of the names attracted widespread attention. This man once caught the attention of Guzman, the leader of Mexico's largest drug cartels and one of the world's ten most villainous people.
He is a Chinese known as "China's number one drug lord" who claims to sell only drugs to foreigners, claiming: "They once opened China's door with opium, and I should have opened their door with methamphetamine." "With his brilliant chemical talent, he developed a method to synthesize methamphetamine, creating one of the largest cases of methamphetamine in the world, and shockingly, he seized 12 tons of meth from warehouses, twice the total amount of seizure in the world.
However, he was not satisfied with drug production, and after the case, he changed his name and surname, invested in factories in various places as a successful entrepreneur, and even became the focus of media reports with the image of "big bosses who see righteousness and courage to catch thieves". In 2001, his life was adapted into the TV series "Black Ice", which was broadcast in the mainland and received enthusiastic response. He is the number one drug lord that the police have hunted for 9 years - Liu Zhaohua.
However, his life before his arrest was equally dramatic. Liu Zhaohua was born in Saiqi Town, Fu'an City, Fujian Province, to a poor family and relied on his father to make tofu to make a living. He has shown the characteristics of intelligence and studious since he was a child, and is the top student in the class, especially has a strong interest and outstanding talent in chemistry, and even won the second prize of the provincial chemistry competition. But his family's difficulties forced him to drop out of school in his sophomore year of high school and become an apprentice in an auto repair shop.
However, at the age of 18, he was drafted into the army and joined the border detachment of the Fujian Provincial Armed Police. He showed intelligence and hard-working qualities in the army, and was soon promoted to a platoon-level cadre. Although the future seemed bright, he thought that the salary of the army was too low, so he asked for a transfer to earn more money. According to the regulations of the army, cadres need to serve for 15 years before they can change jobs, but he could not wait for 15 years, deliberately embezzled 145.15 yuan of public funds, received administrative demerit punishment, and then took the opportunity to apply for transfer.
After the application for transfer was approved, Liu Zhaohua was sent to work as a judicial police officer at the Fu'an Municipal People's Court. In this position, he performed well, was awarded "third-class merit", and became an "advanced worker" of the court. Due to his excellent work, he was transferred to be in charge of investment promotion, a position that was considered very profitable at the time, not only with huge returns, but also with access to leaders at all levels and foreign businessmen.
He used his ingenuity to do this work, building a vast network of contacts and resources. It was also at this time that he met Chen Bingxi, a drug dealer from Guangzhou, and thus embarked on a road of no return.
Liu Zhaohua's chemistry talent was finally brought to play after meeting Chen Bingxi. He replaced conventional poison-making raw materials with a common chemical raw material, and under the guise of researching diet drugs, he asked university professors about the preparation process. After many research and experiments, he gradually improved the production process, and finally achieved the large-scale production of high-purity methamphetamine. This technology was unique in the world at that time.
Since the raw materials he used were not "precursor chemicals" controlled by the state at the time, he was able to buy these materials in large quantities to produce methamphetamine at low cost. According to incomplete statistics, from October 1998 to October 1999, he produced a total of 31 tons of methamphetamine, a figure that may actually be much higher.
That's a staggering amount, because under China's Criminal Law, manufacturing, carrying or selling more than 50 grams of methamphetamine can be punishable by death, and Liu Zhaohua made 31 tons in one year! However, he was not satisfied with the domestic market, realizing that China's anti-drug efforts were huge, and he sold drugs to
Abroad. In the process, two of his men were captured in drug trafficking, but they firmly protected Liu Zhaohua's identity, and finally broke down until he was sentenced to death, confessing Liu Zhaohua's name.
The police began to pursue Liu Zhaohua with all their might. However, because he had worked in the armed police and judicial police for six and five years, he had strong anti-detection capabilities and was able to evade police control.
Ordinary people may choose to live anonymously or try to flee abroad, but Liu Zhaohua is different. Bold and confident, instead of going anonym, he traveled to Guangdong, Ningxia, Guangxi and other places to continue his drug production and trafficking activities, even though he was wanted with a warrant. This audacity is staggering, and in this way he has successfully evaded the tight police control at airports, stations, and major traffic arteries.
Liu Zhaohua traveled all the way north and finally arrived in Qingdao. During his escape, he withdrew tens of millions of dollars from banks around the world, a huge profit from his years of drug production and trafficking.
However, his fugitive career did not stop him from making drugs. After arriving in Qingdao, he contracted a lottery station and disguised himself as a legitimate entrepreneur. He also went to universities to discuss chemistry with professors, which was well received by college students. However, he did not stay in Qingdao for long, because a fortune teller told him that he lacked wood in the five elements and needed to go to a place with "wood" attributes in order to prosper. So, under the pseudonym Li Senqing, he went south to Guilin, Guangxi with his wealth.
In Guilin, he created a seemingly legitimate background for himself, claiming to be a descendant of the old Red Army and investing in a factory. His generosity has helped him establish himself in the local area, and he has been hailed as an entrepreneur and philanthropist, and has received many media reports. Then, he made headlines again for his heroic deeds of "seeing righteousness and fighting three thieves alone".
However, his true identity was never discovered by the locals, and his past was hidden and he was treated as a guest. However, he hasn't really changed. Although ostensibly engaged in the business of yew and onion essence, secretly, he hired people to dig holes in the mountains, preparing to use them as a secret base to continue the production of methamphetamine.
But at this time, the Ministry of Public Security issued an A-level arrest warrant, and Liu Zhaohua's location reached Guilin. When a photo of Mr. Liu's wanted warrant was shown on television, he was chatting and playing cards with friends. A friend joked: "Hey, Boss Li, you see that person is a bit like you!" But Liu Zhaohua was very calm and asked the others: "Really?" When someone replied, "Not like that," he continued to play cards before quietly leaving his friend's sight and restarting his escape.
This kind of super psychological quality is really very rare, perhaps because of his dual experience of working in the armed police and the bailiff, which makes him so confident in his anti-reconnaissance ability that he does not believe that the police can catch him. He even showed great conceit when calling the police: "I am Liu Zhaohua, I am in a certain cave, you come to me!" However, when the police arrived at the cave, they found only one line of handwriting: "Liu Zhaohua is here for a visit!" However, the call revealed his whereabouts, and the police officers, with years of experience, developed a set of arrests specifically for his anti-reconnaissance capabilities. Finally, he was successfully arrested on the night of March 5, 2005.
From 1996 to 2005, for 9 years, the drug lord of the century was finally arrested. Although Liu Zhaohua is an extremely talented individual, if he can put these talents to use on the right path, then he may open up a brighter future. Unfortunately, a wrong choice led to his total collapse.
During his arrest, trial, and detention, Liu Zhaohua always kept smiling. In his defense, he constantly makes startling statements in an attempt to get away with his guilt. He claimed that he set up his factory in Ningxia to support the country's western development, and claimed to be a meritorious person. He also warned the police not to set a trap and try to defeat him with intelligence. He even claimed that his drugs were not forced, but voluntary.
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