Taoyuan Police solved the largest marijuana cultivation case in national history. The Taoyuan District Prosecutor’s Office concluded the investigation today and prosecuted a total of 8 people, including the prime suspect. The Longtan Police Sub-bureau said 4,218 marijuana plants and other evidence, worth more than NT$1.26 billion in market value, were seized.
On September 20, Taoyuan City prosecutors seized a marijuana field near the 601st Army Aviation Brigade in Longtan District and seized 4,218 marijuana plants, the highest number of marijuana cultivation cases seized in national history. . The Taoyuan District Prosecutor’s Office, the Longtan Branch of the Taoyuan City Government Police Department and other units jointly held a press conference today to resolve the case, and Taoyuan Mayor Zheng Wencan also went to give encouragement.
The Longtan Sub-bureau said the prime suspect, surnamed Wu, who has a gang background, took advantage of his background in importing and exporting flowers and running a gardening business to purchase marijuana seeds and learn how to grow marijuana online. he assisted in planting and deliberately selected hidden farmland with only farmers scattered around, covering an area of nearly 900 pings and about 7 basketball courts.
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The police said that because the Longtan area is mostly a no-navigate area and large tree species such as larch are planted in the farm’s surrounding walls, it is not easy to look for evidence and identify the cannabis plant species. .
Police said that after the dawn police raid, 8 people including Wu Suan were seized at the scene, 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 trials, with a market value of more than 1.26 billion New Taiwan dollars, capable of supplying more than one million people who smoke.
The police said this is not only the largest number of marijuana plants in the history of domestic drug enforcement, but also arrested the suspects before the harvest period from August to September every year. The Taoyuan Prosecutor’s Office said investigated and accused.
The Taoyuan District Prosecutor’s Office said the investigation into the whole case concluded today. class under Article 4, Item 2 of the Drug Risk Prevention Regulations Suspected of the crime, a public proceeding was filed: Due to the high cost and risk of storage of the drug, it was ordered to destroy the drug and should be destroyed in early December.
Prosecutors said they asked the court to consider the large amount of drugs seized in this case, which will seriously affect people’s health and social security, and the possibility of escape and hiding, but they should still be detained to punish the offenders.
(Responsible editor: Zhuang Yuyu)
