TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A former Taiwan national wrestling team member who was caught selling marijuana by Taichung police last year has recently been charged with the crime.
Taichung City Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Corps said Monday (Dec. 26) that they caught a man surnamed Su (蘇) in possession of marijuana last year and traced its source to another man surnamed Weng (翁), who was living in Zhongshan District, Taipei City at the time, CNA reported. A task force was then formed to conduct further investigation into the suspected drug trafficking case.
After collecting all the evidence, the investigators learned that Weng was a former national wrestling team member who had won wrestling championships in the National Middle School Athletic Games and National University and College Athletic Games. Therefore, the police assembled extra manpower to raid Weng’s rental house with a search warrant.
The police seized account books and smoking paraphernalia, and arrested Weng. In addition, 1.83 grams of marijuana was seized at the residence of Su, which he had allegedly bought from Weng.
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