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Taiwan drug bust nets biggest haul in 2 decades

Taiwan police said yesterday they had cracked a major drug ring, confiscating 229 kilograms of heroin in their biggest seizure of the drug for 20 years.

The 600 heroin bricks were discovered in 12 amplifier boxes in a container flown from Vietnam, the Criminal Investigation Bureau said.

Police said they had arrested eight people and were pursuing other suspects.

Bureau commissioner Lin Te-hua put the “wholesale” value of the haul at around NT$900 million (US$30.5 million), but said its street value could be 10 times more.

Authorities in October seized 220 pounds of heroin smuggled in a cargo container in the southern city of Kaohsiung.

Last year they seized 176 pounds of heroin in a fishing boat, and arrested seven people involved in smuggling it from Cambodia.

 


 

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