Taipei Times
Date: Apr 27, 2019
By Chien Hui-ju and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Council of Agriculture and the Miaoli County Police Department on Thursday
Smuggled ants are displayed in glass containers at a Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine laboratory in Taipei on Thursday.Photo: Chien Hui-ju, Taipei Times
uncovered the largest ant smuggling case this year, finding 36 nests of ants belonging to three different genera.
The Bureau of Animal and Plant Health, Inspection and Quarantine said it received a tip-off that foreign species of ants were being sold online.
It forwarded the information to the National Police Agency, the bureau said.
Bureau staff were present when Miaoli police detained a person for allegedly contravening Article 15 of the Plant Protection and Quarantine Act (植物防疫檢疫法), it said. [FULL STORY]
