Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/10/29
By: Wu Jui-chi and Ko Lin
Taipei, Oct. 29 (CNA) Three Taiwanese suspects who tried to smuggle drugs into Taiwan
Photo courtesy of Aviation Police Bureau
using international parcel delivery service have been charged with violating the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, the Aviation Police Bureau said on Monday.
The case came to light when customs officials and aviation police in Taiwan received information from Thai authorities in August regarding drugs shipped from their country to Taiwan using parcel delivery service, according to a statement by the aviation bureau.
On Aug. 21, Taiwan’s customs officers subsequently intercepted a suspicious package containing sachets of ketamine, which are classified as a third grade narcotic.
Following the incident, local authorities again found another drug-containing parcel delivered by the same sender in Thailand and addressed to the same recipient.
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