Taiwan drug bust nets biggest haul in 2 decades
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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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