Man Drugged and Unconscious in Middle of Taichung Traffic; Police Break Window, Arrest Him, Seize Drugs

(Central News Agency, reporter Su Muchun, Taichung, 11th) Taichung City Police received a report on the 11th that a passenger car was stopped in the middle of an intersection in Xitun District, and the driver appeared to be unconscious. After police arrived at the scene and broke the window, they found the driver, a 21-year-old man surnamed Chen, in a daze. In addition to a positive preliminary saliva test for drugs, drugs were also found in the car. After questioning, he was sent to the prosecutor's office according to law.

The Sixth Branch of the Taichung City Police Department stated that the Xitun Police Station received a report at 6:30 a.m. on the 11th that a passenger car was stopped at the intersection of Qinghai Road and Henan Road in Xitun District, and the driver appeared to be unconscious.

The police arrived at the scene immediately and found that the 21-year-old man surnamed Chen did not respond at all to knocking on the window. To confirm the man's life safety, the officers broke the window and woke him up. Mr. Chen then said he felt "unwell" and had been unconscious on the road for at least about 15 minutes.

The officers found that Mr. Chen was confused and his speech was slurred, suspecting he was driving under the influence of drugs. The police seized prohibited items such as drug coffee packets from the car. A preliminary saliva test on Mr. Chen showed positive reactions for amphetamine and ketamine.

After the investigation, Mr. Chen was transferred to the Taiwan Taichung District Prosecutors Office on charges of drug offenses and endangering public safety. The police also recommended that the prosecutor apply for his detention. (Editor: Zhang Yajing) 1150611