TAIPEI: The case of a drug ring was sent to New Taipei prosecutor’s office Wednesday after two of its members were arrested earlier this month at an airport for trying to smuggle in heroin from Vietnam, the police said.
The first suspect, a woman identified as Hsiao, was caught Jan. 10 concealing 847 grams of heroin in her crotch and under her breasts at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport upon arrival from Vietnam, according to the police.
Two days later, a male suspect surnamed Cho, was arrested under similar circumstances, with 205.1 grams of heroin found in his intestines, the police said.
It is now believed that the two belong to the same drug ring, which had sent them on flights to Vietnam on Jan. 3 and Jan. 8, respectively, to pick up the heroin to be smuggled into Taiwan, it said.
The other five members of the ring were arrested in New Taipei and Taoyuan afterwards, the police said, adding that it was acting on a tip received last July.
