Boshe


Boshe is a village in Jiaxi, Lufeng, Shanwei, Guangdong province of China. The village has been in existence from at least the 13th century.
For years it has been a production centre for meth as well as ketamine. It was nicknamed "The Fortress" and "Breaking Bad village" as a consequence. The authorities finally raided it in December 2013 but appear to have failed to stamp out drug production.
According to Xinhua News Agency the region is "plagued with rampant drug production and trafficking". "Over a third of meth consumed in China originates from Boshe and neighbouring villages" and "one in five families is directly involved in drug production".

In popular culture

The 2013 raid of Boshe has become the storyline of the 2019 Chinese series The Thunder.