Police Bust Taoyuan Drug Factory Involving Raw Materials Imported from China, Arrest 2 Suspects

(Taichung, April 27, Central News Agency reporter Su Mu-chun) A man surnamed Zhong imported drug-making chemicals from China in March last year. After investigation by the Criminal Investigation Bureau and other agencies, a drug manufacturing factory in Taoyuan was uncovered, and finished and semi-finished Schedule III drug Miaomiao were seized. Zhong and another suspect were indicted by prosecutors.

The Central Taiwan Crime Strike Team of the Criminal Investigation Bureau announced today that in March 2025 (year 114 of the ROC calendar), they received intelligence that an illicit drug syndicate was importing approximately 160 kilograms of drug-making chemicals from China under the guise of steel products. Immediately, a special task force was formed with the Investigation Bureau's Aviation and Shipping Investigation Department, and the Hsinchuang and Luzhou Precincts of the New Taipei City Police Department, and reported to the Taiwan Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office for investigation.

After tracking and evidence collection by the special task force, they raided the drug syndicate's manufacturing site, an iron-sheet house in the Pingzhen mountainous area of Taoyuan City, in September 2025. They arrested Zhong, a 40-year-old drug chemist, and his 46-year-old accomplice Huang, seizing 3.02 kilograms of finished Schedule III drug methylmethcathinone (Miaomiao), 121.35 kilograms of semi-finished product, 76.66 kilograms of the Schedule IV drug precursor 2-bromo-4-methylpropiophenone, as well as a batch of drug-making tools and raw materials.

Investigators found that Zhong, due to lack of money, attempted to profit by manufacturing drugs. To avoid attracting attention due to the irritating chemical odors emitted during the drug manufacturing process, he sought Huang to provide a remote mountainous iron-sheet house as the manufacturing site, thereby evading detection.

After police questioning, Zhong and Huang were transferred to the Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office for investigation on suspicion of violating the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, and prosecutors have since indicted them. (Editor: Hsiao Po-wen) 1150427

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