Police raid Nantou site, arrest five in drugs investigationBy Chang Juei-chen and Jason Pan / Staff reportersFollowing weeks of careful undercover work, police raided an isolated shack in the mountains of Nantou County, targeting an operation that was allegedly producing illegal drugs, Taichung police official Chen Pu-ching (陳布青) told a news briefing on Thursday. Materials to make drugs were seized, including plastic drums containing more than 200kg of liquid that tests showed was mephedrone and derivative chemicals, Chen said. “Bath salts” are crystals that are mixed with other drugs and packaged in sealed pouches known as “narcotic coffee mix,” Chen said. In April, two men were arrested in possession of such pouches, which were traced to a man surnamed Chou (周), Chen said. Police officials warned that producing and trafficking narcotics and recreational drugs are serious crimes.
