Chaosensued, but10policespecialforces armedwithpistolsandmachine gunswereslowto enter the bus, despite smashingtheWindows with sledgehammers and firing shotsintothe air.
Sun Dahong, the police chief who heads Yunnan's anti-drug enforcement, says that the province is the first to set up a special force of 13, 000 armedpolice, soldiers and customs guards to stop drugs getting in or, once in, from getting out.
The reports, which included remarks about their attitudes towards the armed forces, was reminiscent of the work of Japan's pre-1945 specialpolice, who persecuted people opposed to the ideas of the military regime of the time.