After the trial, the Keelung District Court found that the owner surnamed Zhang and the captain surnamed Chen violated the regulations on the prevention and control of drug hazards, and sentenced them to imprisonment ranging from 8 years to 4 years.

(Photo by reporter Wu Shengru)

[Reporter Wu Shengru/Keelung Report] The owner of Zhicheng No. 168 fishing boat Zhang received an invitation from a man surnamed Lin in October last year, asking him to send a boat to a designated location to salvage 56 barrels of engine oil. $ shipping.

The owner of the ship surnamed Zhang asked the captain surnamed Chen for assistance, and carried the oil barrel to the shore. Unexpectedly, the barrel contained a level 4 drug pioneer raw material, and was arrested by the coast guard on the spot.

After the trial, the Keelung District Court found that the owner surnamed Zhang and the captain surnamed Chen violated the regulations on the prevention and control of drug hazards, and sentenced them to imprisonment ranging from 8 years to 4 years.

According to the investigation by the prosecution, after the man surnamed Lin contacted the owner of the ship surnamed Zhang last year, the two parties agreed to pay 12,000 to 15,000 yuan per barrel as salvage and transportation costs; The captain surnamed Chen helped to salvage the oil barrels at the designated time and place.

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Before March 16 this year, Lin Nan informed Zhang Nan of the place to pick up the cargo off the coast of Taiwan. On the 17th, Zhang drove the captain surnamed Chen and the crew surnamed Fang to Qijin Fishing Port in Kaohsiung City. Inform the captain surnamed Chen of the contact information.

Chen Nan drove Zhicheng No. 168 fishing boat with a crew surnamed Fang and a foreign crew surnamed Fei from Qijin Fishing Port, heading for Wushi Port. On the 18th, he salvaged the three A total of 56 barrels of engine oil barrels of high-grade butoxycarbonyl demethylketamine pioneer raw materials were put into the dark cabin.

After receiving the intelligence information, the Miaoli investigation team of the Coast Guard learned that the captain surnamed Chen would arrive at the Huangang Fishing Port in Jinshan District, New Taipei City in the afternoon of the same day. After the ship entered the port area, it immediately boarded the ship for safety inspection, and found 56 barrels of Class III Butoxycarbonyl desmethyl ketamine, the net weight of the pure substance is nearly 1070 kg.

Immediately, they brought Chen Nan and others back for interrogation, and interviewed the owner of the ship surnamed Zhang to explain to the case.

Zhang Nan categorically denied to the judge that there was any crime of transporting drugs, and said that he thought that the salvaged engine oil drum contained chlorine ingots, and Lin Nan upstream did not want to pay the relevant taxes, so he smuggled in this way.

The captain surnamed Chen argued to the judge that the owner surnamed Zhang gave himself a pack of unknown pellets before departure, saying that he wanted to salvage this kind of thing, and he also claimed that it was the raw material of chlorine ingot. Because he had known Zhang Nan for a long time, he chose to trust him, but Unexpectedly, it contained precursors of drug raw materials.

The judge held that the price of chlorine ingots in my country is not high, only 100 to 300 yuan per kilogram, and the tax does not exceed 5%, but Lin Nan is willing to pay the shipping fee of 10,000 yuan per barrel, which obviously does not match the value. Therefore, it was determined that Zhang and Chen were guilty of jointly committing the crime of transporting fourth-level drugs, and each was sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of 8 and 4 years.

In addition, the crew surnamed Fang and the foreign crew surnamed Fei who assisted in the transportation did not open the oil drum during the salvage and transportation process, but only followed the instructions to salvage the items and had no knowledge of the transported items, so the part sentenced them not guilty.

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