Chinese police have detained a Canadian citizen in relation with a drugs case involving students, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday, an incident that comes amid a deep chill in relations between the two countries.
Canada’s government said on the weekend that a Canadian citizen had been detained in Yantai in the eastern province of Shandong, though did not provide details.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said that police had recently discovered a case of foreign students being involved with drugs, one of whom was Canadian.
The case was being processed, he added. The issue was nothing to do with another drugs case involving foreigners in Jiangsu province, he said. Four British citizens were arrested in Jiangsu last week.
Relations between China and Canada nosedived last December after Vancouver police detained Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co, on a U.S. arrest warrant. Beijing is demanding her return.
After Ms. Meng’s arrest, China detained two Canadians, accusing them of stealing state secrets.
