Criminal police and Longtan officers raided a cannabis farm on rented farmland behind the Army’s 601st Aviation Brigade in Longtan at dawn on 20 September 2022.[1][2] They arrested eight people at the scene: the alleged ringleader Wu, his aide Ke, and six runaway migrant workers hired to water the plants.[1][2]
Officers seized 4,218 live plants growing in zones for cultivation, light exposure, seedlings and drying across about 900 ping, plus four bottles of cannabis tincture, 15.7 kg of finished and semi-finished product, and growing equipment.[2] Wu, a former Songlian gang hall leader in the flower and nursery trade, had learned growing techniques online, and hid the farm behind vegetable plots and tall trees while posing as a young farmer.[1][2]
Indictment and value
When prosecutors indicted all eight on 17 November, they put the value at more than NT$1.26 billion, counting 300 to 500 grams of dried buds per plant.[1] Taoyuan mayor Cheng Wen-tsan presented bonuses to the officers the same day.[1]
