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• Taiwan News Quick Take

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  CRIME

  Weapons, drugs seized

  Raids on four suspected underground firearms workshops in Taoyuan’s Yangmei District (楊梅) led to the seizure of a large cache of weapons, ammunition and drugs, authorities said yesterday. The Taoyuan District Prosecutor’s Office in a statement said that the person suspected of running the workshops, a man surnamed Chung (鍾), had been released on bail of NT$300,000. Police seized 48 firearms, including three that were loaded, along with 1,900 rounds of ammunition, production equipment and drugs during raids that led to Chung’s arrest on Thursday, prosecutors said. The raids on four locations, including Chung’s residence and tattoo parlor, came after a judge in Taoyuan authorized a search warrant based on several tip-offs. Chung, an alleged associate of the Four Seas Gang, was arrested and questioned on suspicion of contravening the Controlling Guns, Ammunition and Knives Act (槍砲彈藥刀械管制條例), but was given bail following a court hearing yesterday morning. The prosecutors’ office said it had appealed the court’s decision to grant Chung bail.

  

  Photo courtesy of the Taipei City Police Department

  SOCIETY

  Patrol vessel sets sail

  The Coast Guard Administration’s (CGA) Hsun Hu No. 7 fisheries patrol vessel set sail from Kaohsiung yesterday on a 60-day patrol of the western and central Pacific, the agency said. The CGA said in a statement that the Hsun Hu No. 7 would make a port call in the Marshall Islands, one of Taiwan’s diplomatic allies, during its patrol to inspect fisheries resources and marine biodiversity. Taiwan would also bolster maritime law enforcement and rescue operations in the area by conducting inspections on vessels during the mission, it added. The ship is scheduled to return to Taiwan on Dec. 4, the CGA said. In the past few months, the agency’s Hsun Hu No. 8 and Hsun Hu No. 9 completed high seas patrols in the western and central Pacific, it said. Hsun Hu No. 7 has a displacement of about 1,900 tonnes, which refers to the volume of water displaced by the vessel converted to weight, the CGA said.

  WEATHER

  Cooler weather expected

  Seasonal northeasterly winds would arrive during the long Double Ten National Day weekend, bringing rain and lower temperatures to northern and northeastern Taiwan, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. As the winds strengthen and a front approaches today, passing through Taiwan tomorrow and on Tuesday, eastern and northern parts of the country would experience occasional rain, CWA forecaster Chen I-hsiu (陳伊秀) said. Northeastern Taiwan, coastal areas in Keelung and mountainous areas in Taipei could see isolated showers, Chen said. Mainly cloudy conditions are expected in central and southern Taiwan and there could be thundershowers in the afternoon, she said. Seasonal winds would also bring cooler weather to northern and northeastern Taiwan, where a high of 25°C or 26°C could be observed, with a low of 23°C, Chen said. Meanwhile, tropical disturbances could form on the South China Sea and waters east of the Philippines, but the situation would not be clear until next week, Chen said.
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