The crime of harbouring drugs refers to the act of harbouring drugs or the property obtained from drug crimes for criminals with knowledge. Shielding criminals who smuggle, traffic in, transport or manufacture drugs;
Whoever harbours, transfers or conceals drugs or money or property obtained from crime for criminals shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years.
[Legal basis] Article 349 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, [Crime of shielding drug criminals] [Crime of harboring, transferring, concealing drugs and drug stolen goods] shielding criminals who smuggle, traffic in, transport and manufacture drugs;
Whoever harbours, transfers or conceals drugs or money or property obtained from crime for criminals shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years.
[Crime of Covering up Drug Criminals] Anti drug personnel or personnel of other state organs who shield or cover up criminals who smuggle, traffic in, transport or manufacture drugs shall be given heavier punishment in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Whoever conspires in advance to commit the crimes mentioned in the preceding two paragraphs shall be regarded as an accomplice in the crime of smuggling, trafficking in, transporting or manufacturing drugs and punished as such.
