Taipei Times
Date: Sep 28, 2017
By: Staff writer, with CNA

The Taiwan-based Bamboo Union and Hong Kong-based 14K triad are behind the

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during his speech in Pasay City, south of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday.  Photo: EPA

proliferation of drugs in the Philippines, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday, after barrels of drugs fitted with satellite positioning equipment and covered with Chinese writing washed up in the Philippines on Wednesday last week.

He first made the allegation that the drugs were from Taiwan while speaking at a police academy alumni event on Thursday last week.

Duterte, speaking on Tuesday at an event marking the 120th anniversary of the establishment of the Philippine Department of Justice, named the Bamboo Union and 14K as running the drug trade in the country.    [FULL  STORY]