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"Those who drive dare not to drink, those who drink dare not to drive" is a particularly apt and Chinese way to summarize the philosophy behind the recent crackdowns on drunk driving in Shanghai. Sina News recently published a Cops-esque article about dragnets set up at hotels around the city, which captured more than 1200 drunk drivers in just the last ten days. The drama included stakeouts of hotel parking lots, intersection checkpoints, and even searches for "sleeper cars" with drunk drivers trying to "sleep it off". Once caught, techniques of avoiding arrest in Shanghai range from the internationally popular "drink two bottles of mineral water" to the less palatable "wash your mouth out with soap". It seems the Shanghai police are serious about this campaign: they've even forced on-duty policemen to turn off their mobile phones to avoid "preferential treatment" of suspects. Amazing!

In the biggest raid undertaken this decade, Shanghai police seized 65 people from a suspected home-burglary ring this morning in Minhang. 658 officers, 17 police trucks and several sniffer dogs were used in the raid, which seized oer 20 laptops as well as cars, mobile phones and ATM cards. The burglary ring had used its Yingdu Lu location to commit more than 100 burglaries across the surrounding districts. They would focus on six-story buildings, entering homes by climbing over walls and through windows. Source: Shanghai Daily