The case was decided by the New Taipei District Court.[1] The judgment is dated 7 October 2026.[1] It sentenced Chen Yi-hsien to three months in prison, suspended for two years, for transferring a prohibited drug.[1] As a condition of the suspension, he must pay NT$60,000 into the public treasury within six months after the judgment becomes final.[1] He may appeal within 20 days of being served with the judgment.[1]
Prosecutors said that on 25 April 2025 he bought five grams of cannabis from Li Cheng-hui.[1] The purchase was in Yonghe District, New Taipei City, at NT$1,200 a gram.[2] Their messages used the codes wine money, five bottles and 1/12 for five grams at NT$1,200 a gram.[1] Between 11 and 13 May 2025 he met Guo Nian-cheng somewhere in Kaohsiung and transferred an unspecified amount of cannabis without payment.[1]
Chen told the court he gave the cannabis free of charge because Guo played video games for him and raised his rank.[1] The Songshan Precinct of the Taipei City Police Department reported the case.[1] Prosecutors charged him over the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act offence.[1] He named Li during police questioning, officers then caught Li and sent him for prosecution, and the court reduced the sentence for that.[1]
The court said he had disregarded the legal ban and that the quantity transferred was not large.[1] It noted that he was a university graduate working as a police officer, from a modestly comfortable family, and that he confessed and identified the supplier.[1] He confessed during the investigation and at trial, and the court also reduced the sentence because the cannabis was both a prohibited drug and a Category 2 narcotic.[1]
