Chinese Nationals Get 3 Years in US Prison for Drug Sales Near School

‘The fact that these drug traffickers were conducting illicit activity within yards of a school was especially concerning,’ a DEA special agent said.

The United States Courthouse in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, on June 26, 2024. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

Two Chinese citizens were sentenced to three years in a U.S. prison for attempting to sell methamphetamine near a school in the American Pacific territory of Saipan, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on April 6.

Han Dong, 52, and Yang Yinhua, 49, pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to possess more than 5 grams of methamphetamine with the intent of distributing it within 1,000 feet of an elementary school, according to the indictment.