Police seize record heroin shipment, detain 13 peopleBy Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNAThe New Taipei City Police Department has seized 446.8kg of heroin and arrested 13 people in the country’s biggest-ever bust involving the substance, law enforcement officials said yesterday. Logs in the warehouse were found to have compartments that contained 1,172 bricks of heroin that could sell for NT$5 billion (US$179.9 million), Chen said. Premier Su Tseng-chang, second left, New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi, third left, and other officials inspect bricks of heroin at the New Taipei City Police Department in Banciao District yesterday. Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌), who presided over the news conference, said that the heroin confiscated was notable because of its quantity and purity. New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜), a former Criminal Investigation Bureau commissioner, said that the haul was unprecedented.

Source: Taipei Times November 24, 2021 16:49 UTC