Six Taiwanese suspects were arrested last week in Cambodia following a joint Taiwan-Cambodia-U.S. investigation into a international drug trafficking ring led by a Taiwanese man which led to the seizure of NT$1.6 billion (US$50.49 million) worth of ketamine that was set to be smuggled into Taiwan, the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said Sunday.
The ringleader, a man surnamed Chen, is a chief in the Heavenly Way Alliance, one of Taiwan’s three leading organized crime syndicates, the CIB said in a statement.
Chen is also suspected of committing murder following a drug smuggling related dispute in 2021. He fled Taiwan later that year.
