The Taoyuan police cracked the largest marijuana cultivation case in domestic history. The Taoyuan District Prosecutor’s Office concluded the investigation today and prosecuted a total of 8 people including the main suspect. The Longtan Police Sub-bureau stated that 4,218 marijuana plants and other evidence were seized, with a market value of more than NT$1.26 billion.
On September 20, Taoyuan City Prosecutors seized a marijuana field near the 601st Brigade of Army Aviation in Longtan District, and seized 4,218 marijuana plants. This is the largest number of marijuana planting cases seized in domestic history. The Taoyuan District Prosecutor’s Office, the Longtan Branch of the Taoyuan City Police Department and other units jointly held a press conference on solving the case today, and Taoyuan Mayor Zheng Wencan also went to give encouragement.
The Longtan branch said that the main suspect, surnamed Wu, who has a gang background, took advantage of his background in importing and exporting flowers and operating a gardening business to acquire marijuana seeds and teach himself how to grow marijuana online. Immigrant workers assisted in planting, and deliberately selected hidden farmland with only scattered farmers around, covering an area of nearly 900 pings and regarding 7 basketball courts.
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The police said that since the Longtan area is mostly a no-navigation area, and large tree species such as larch are planted in the surrounding walls of the farm, it is not easy to collect evidence. After many days of ambushes and surveillance by members of the special case team, and the use of scientific and technological investigation methods, the identities of Wu and Ke were successfully identified. And identify the cannabis plant species.
The police said that following the police raided at dawn, 8 people including Wu Suan were seized on the spot, as well as 4,218 cannabis plants, 4 cans of cannabis tincture, finished and semi-finished cannabis products, a manual for cannabis cultivation and other related evidence, with a market value of more than NT$1.26 billion. It can provide more than one million person-time smoking.
The police stated that this is not only the largest number of marijuana plants in the history of domestic anti-narcotics, but also arrested the suspects before the harvest period from August to September every year. The Taoyuan Prosecutor’s Office investigated and charged him.
The Taoyuan District Prosecutor’s Office stated that the investigation of the whole case was concluded today. The prosecutors believe that 8 men surnamed Wu, Ke surnamed, and escaped migrant workers were involved in the manufacture of second-class drugs under Article 4, Item 2 of the Drug Hazard Prevention Regulations. Suspected of the crime, a public prosecution was filed; due to the high cost and risk of drug storage, the drug was ordered to be destroyed, and it is expected to be destroyed in early December.
Prosecutors stated that they have requested the court to consider the large amount of drugs seized in this case, which will greatly affect the health of the people and social security, and the possibility of escape and hiding. They should still be detained to punish lawbreakers.
(Responsible editor-in-chief: Zhuang Yuyu)