Taipei Times
Date: Mar 27, 2019
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

Police from the Criminal Investigation Bureau’s Taichung branch hold a news conference yesterday to display facilities for a marijuana plantation allegedly seized at a local residence.
Photo: Chang Jui-chen, Taipei Times
Two men have been charged with growing cannabis plants after raids in Taichung and Pingtung.

Taichung prosecutors yesterday questioned the men, surnamed Chen (陳), 30, and Kuo (郭), 32.

They were arrested in terms of the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例), with Chen being detained and Kuo released with travel restrictions.

A total of 57 cannabis plants, along with 396g of dried cannabis with an estimated street value of NT$10 million (US$324,492), were seized at Chen’s residence in Taichung, the bureau’s 8th Investigation Corps said.    [FULL  STORY]