Taiwan busts massive drug smuggling ring

[AsahinaKimi]

TAIPEI —

Taiwan has busted one of its biggest drug smuggling rings in recent years, which police said Monday was responsible for transporting $70 million worth of narcotics to Japan and other countries.

A total of nine suspects have been arrested, including the suspected leader of the ring, 40-year-old Fan Chu-lin, the Criminal Investigation Bureau said.

“This is definitely one of the largest smuggling rings to be uncovered in many years,” bureau official Yang Ming-chang told AFP.

Over a 10-year period, the group allegedly smuggled hundreds of kilograms of ecstasy and amphetamines from Hong Kong and China to Japan, New Zealand and Australia.

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[Swede]

1. That's an impressive bust.