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Publish Date：2025-07-29
Update Date：2025-07-29
Units：Criminal Information Division
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Commanding Unit: Taiwan Taipei District Prosecutors Office (Section Zhi).二、
Investigative Units:三、
Dates of Seizure: March 7, March 8, and May 28, 2025.四、
Locations of Seizure: Taipei Songshan Airport, Taoyuan International Airport, Taipei City, Taitung County, and Taichung City.五、
Suspects Apprehended: 7 in Total.(一)
4 Suspects of Japanese Nationality: Noguchi ○○ (born in 1976), Fukamachi ○○ (born in 1962), Oku ○○ (born in 1977), and Oshima ○○ (born in 1981).(二)
3 Suspects of Taiwanese Nationality: Hsia ○○ (born in 1998), Shih ○○ (born in 1999), and Chin ○○ (born in 1997).六、
Stolen Property and Evidence:七、
Case Summary:(一)
The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) has maintained ongoing communication with the Japanese police on intelligence on drug-related crimes and organized criminal groups. In 2023, the CIB detected frequent visits to Taiwan by specific gang members from Japan. Upon confirming the suspects’ identities, CIB conducted an in-depth investigation and discovered that they had only stayed in Taiwan for a short period, but their activities significantly differed from those of regular tourists. Investigation showed that the syndicate planned to transport drugs from Taiwan to Japan, seeking to profit substantially from the price disparity between the two countries.(二)
The CIB and the aforementioned investigative units formed a project team in a joint co-investigation of this case, which was reported to Taiwan Taipei Prosecutors Office as the commanding unit. After extensive surveillance and investigation, it was discovered that the Japanese drug trafficking organization members entered Taiwan separately in early March 2025. The project team apprehended Japanese suspects Noguchi and Fukamachi at Taoyuan International Airport and Taipei City Zhongshan District on March 7, 2025.On the next day (March 8), the team successfully intercepted Japanese suspects Oku and Oshima at Taipei Songshan Airport, preventing them from smuggling drugs out of Taiwan. Ten gift boxes were confiscated from the check-in luggage at the scene,containing Schedule II narcotic methamphetamine hidden in 16 packs of meal kits packets, with a total gross weight of approximately 2 kilograms.(三)
The project team continued to trace the source and found that, after Japanese gang members Noguchi and Fukamachi arrived in Taiwan, they went to the Taitung region to collected the drugs. Through further investigation, 3 Taiwanese suspects active in the Taitung area— Xia (reportedly affiliated with gangs), Shi, and Qin—were identified as local accomplices responsible for managing the drug supply for the trafficking syndicates. On May 28, 2025, the suspects were apprehended in Taitung County and Taichung City. Except for the Taiwanese suspect Qin, the remaining 6 suspects were all detained and held incommunicado by Taiwan Taipei District Court. Taiwan Taipei District Prosecutors Office also indicted the 7 suspects for violations of the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act on July 1, 2025.(四)
The retail price of illicit drugs on the black market in Japan remains exceptionally high. In this case, the criminal syndicate was composed of gang members operating in both Taiwan and Japan, with a sophisticated division of responsibilities across borders. It was through the diligent and sustained efforts of the joint investigative task force—marked by close and consistent intelligence sharing between law enforcement agencies in Taiwan and Japan, as well as multi-layered surveillance and tracking—that the transnational drug trafficking operation was successfully dismantled and the syndicate’s financial network effectively disrupted. In pursuit of the mission and vision of “Preventing Drug Trafficking Overseas,” “Intercepting Drugs at Entry Points,” and “Combating Drugs Within the Territory,” the CIB will continue to deepen its collaboration with international law enforcement partners to ensure the effectiveness and sustainability of joint anti-narcotics efforts.
