Article 349 the crime of harboring drug criminals; Determination and sentencing of the crime of harboring, transferring or concealing drugs and stolen goods.
Article 349 Whoever harbors criminals who smuggle, sell, transport or manufacture drugs, or conceals drugs or property obtained from crimes 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, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years.
Provisions on the crime of harboring criminals who smuggle, sell, transport or manufacture drugs, and hiding, transferring or concealing drugs or property obtained from crimes and their penalties. "Protecting criminals who smuggle, sell, transport or manufacture drugs" refers to the act of helping criminals escape legal investigation by protecting criminals or making false certificates. "Hiding" drugs or property obtained from crimes for criminals refers to the act of hiding drugs or property obtained from drug crimes in one's own residence or other hidden places to avoid being traced by judicial organs. "Transferring" drugs or property obtained from crimes for criminals refers to the act of transferring drugs or property obtained from drug crimes from one place to another in order to resist judicial organs from recovering drugs or property obtained from drug crimes. "Hiding drugs or property obtained from crime" refers to the act of the judicial organ deliberately not telling the location of hiding drugs or property obtained from crime when tracing drugs and stolen goods and making inquiries. This paragraph provides two levels of punishment for the crime of harboring drug criminals. Whoever harbors drug criminals shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance. If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years.
I suggest your friend turn himself in, consult and hire a professional lawyer, and strive for the lightest punishment.