Taipei Times
Date: Oct 05, 2019
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
National Police Agency officials yesterday presented the results of nationwide sweeps on seven factories that allegedly produced firearms illegally.
The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) coordinated with local law enforcement units to monitor the sites as the raids were planned, with the operations conducted over the past few weeks, the agencies said.
CIB Deputy Director Lin Yen-tien (林炎田) said the operations aimed to seize illegal firearms and detain people involved in their production to mitigate violence, deter criminal activities and preserve social order ahead of the legislative and presidential elections in January.
The CIB displayed 93 firearms — 15 air guns, 76 modified handguns and rifles, and two standard handguns — as well as ammunition, all of which he said were made at the factories that were raided.
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