The Coast Guard cracked the largest marijuana case in the past 10 years and seized 815 kilograms of drugs with a market value of 1.618 billion

The Keelung Investigation Team of the Coast Guard's Investigation and Prevention Branch seized a large amount of drugs, including the gross weight of the second-level drug marijuana 766.09 kilograms, the gross weight of the second-level drug amphetamine 43.25 kilograms, and the gross weight of mixed drugs (MDMA, ketamine) 5.34 kilograms, with a total gross weight of 814.68 kilograms, and an estimated market value of approximately NT$1.618 billion.

After long-term monitoring, the Coast Guard Task Force successfully seized 815 kilograms of marijuana, ketamine and other drugs with a market value of nearly 1.618 billion yuan in Ruifang District, New Taipei City on June 3 this year, setting a record for the largest seizure of marijuana in China in the past 10 years. Executive Director Zhuo Rongtai and the Maritime Commission Chairman Guan Biling attended the Coast Guard's "Keelung Anti-drug Seizure Team's Press Conference on the Results of the Large-Scale Drug Seizure" today. Zhuo Rongtai highly affirmed the joint anti-drug results of the inter-department committee and successfully blocked the huge amount of drugs from the campus on the eve of the summer vacation. He also promised that the government will continue to strengthen coast patrol equipment and personnel.

The Coast Guard pointed out that the anti-narcotics project codenamed "Project Longqi" was reported to the Keelung District Prosecutor's Office by the Keelung Inspection Team, which integrated various branches of the Coast Guard and the New Taipei City and Hsinchu City police. Case investigators targeted suspicious trucks with abnormal schedules and closely followed them, and deployed them along the coasts of Keelung and Ruifang. The project In the early morning of June 3, the team launched an investigation in a parking lot in Ruifang District while the suspect was transferring items from a passenger car to a truck. They seized a total of 1,309 packages of dried cannabis flowers, 766.09 kilograms, 43.25 kilograms of amphetamines, and 5.34 kilograms of mixed drugs such as ketamine.

Coast patrol officers arrested three current offenders on the spot, and later traced the source and traced the main suspect surnamed Li and four other people to the case. The whole case was transferred to investigation for violation of the Drug Harm Prevention Regulations and was prosecuted on August 24.

In his speech, Zhuo Rongtai pointed out that the day of the seizure happened to be June 3, the anti-smoking day, and it was particularly meaningful to crack a large amount of drugs on such a day. He emphasized that June is when young students across the country are preparing for summer vacation. If this huge batch of drugs is allowed to flow into society, families or campuses, it will seriously harm young people. Zhuo Rongtai thanked the frontline law enforcement officers for their patient search and cross-agency cooperation skills, and assured that the government would not only provide encouragement afterwards, but would also provide more personnel, better equipment, and more advanced technology in the future to serve as the most solid backing for frontline colleagues.

Guan Biling, chairperson of the Maritime Commission, said that this anti-narcotics achievement not only relies on the independent operation of the coast patrol, but also is a concrete result of the close connection of coast patrol, prosecutorial and police systems from sea to shore. She emphasized that in recognition of the efforts of the Coast Patrol Investigation and Defense Branch, the government made an exception to increase the number of coast patrol generals to allow the investigation and prevention branch. The deputy director of the department was promoted to major general; the captain of the Keelung Investigation Team, who was in charge of investigating the case, was also promoted to chief secretary on August 1, becoming the first female chief secretary of the Investigation and Prevention Branch; Guan Biling also thanked Zhuo Kui for being present in person and providing the most direct and powerful support to the coast patrol colleagues who have long guarded the sea and fought against crime.