Taipei Times
Date: Mar 04, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA

Two shipments of mushrooms, believed to be from China, were last week seized in Kinmen County, the

Coast guard officers inspect a box of mushrooms seized in a shipment believed to be from China, at Liaoluo Harbor in Kinmen County last week.  Photo courtesy of the Coast Guard Administration

Coast Guard Administration said yesterday.

The mushrooms, found in 60 boxes at Liaoluo Harbor (料羅碼頭) on Friday and Saturday, weighed 760kg in total, the coast guard said.

Samples have been taken for testing and if it is confirmed that the mushrooms were smuggled from China, charges will be brought against the importers, the Kinmen Coastal Patrol Unit said.
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