Seized amphetamines worth an estimated 370 billion won (NT$10 billion)
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/10/15
By: Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
South Korean police officers found suitcases that contain pouches of amphetamines in an apartment. (screenshot image of South Korean 조선일보 Video C)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – South Korean police officers busted the largest ever amphetamine smuggling case in the country, including 90 kilograms of the drugs being seized in connection with three Taiwanese suspects now in custody.
Three other members of a cross-border drug trafficking ring have been arrested during the raid, while two more remain on the run.
South Korean media YTN reported that South Korean police authorities have uncovered the largest amphetamine smuggling case, with the seized amphetamines worth an estimated 370 billion won (NT$10 billion).
According to a Yonhap News Agency report, a 25-year-old Taiwanese man was found exporting an automatic screw machine from Bangkok of Thailand to Busan. A total of 112 one-kilogram pouches of amphetamines were believed to be concealed inside the machine when it arrived at a factory in Busan. The machine was later transported to another city Gyeonggi Do to be dismantled to get the pouches out. The ring then brought all the pouches to Seoul for transactions. [FULL STORY]