Police believe at-large accomplices provided suspects with information

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/06/10
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Prosecutors on Wednesday (June 10) requested the detention of three Colombian nationals arrested Monday in Kaohsiung in connection with stealing NT$6.8 million (US$230,000) from a residence in Neihu, Taipei.

The suspects allegedly broke into a Taiwanese businessperson's residence on June 5 and stole cash totaling NT$6.8 million, CNA reported. After receiving reports of the theft, police reviewed surveillance footage and closed in on the three Colombian nationals, all of whom are in their 30s; the suspects were apprehended in the southern city of Kaohsiung Tuesday night.

Liu Zong-ren (劉宗仁), chief of the criminal investigation squad at Niehu Precinct, said in a Wednesday press conference that the three suspects entered Taiwan through Kaohsiung on tourist visas. They arrived separately on three days around mid-March, just in time to avoid quarantine; they headed to Taipei in April, staying in hotels here for over a month.

The suspects planned to leave Taiwan for Singapore after the burglary, but they could not get plane tickets due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Liu said.    [FULL  STORY]