Police seize almost 200 cannabis plants in Taoyuan, Taiwan

Investigators from Kaohsiung assisted Taoyuan police in operation

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/09/26
By: Duncan Deaeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — An investigation headed by the Ciaotou District Prosecutor’s Office in Kaohsiung led to the bust of an indoor marijuana farming operation on Tuesday (Sept. 24).

After nearly a month of investigation, officers raided the grow house in Taoyuan’s Yangmei District (楊梅區), where they seized nearly 200 cannabis plants worth an estimated value of NT$100 million (US$3.2 million). An elderly male suspect surnamed Kang (康) was arrested in the raid, and officers are now expanding their investigation to determine the primary customers of Kang's illegal operation.
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