Three people, a man surnamed Lai, his female roommate, surnamed Wang, and another man surnamed Hsiao conspired to snatch pigeons. They would set up pigeon nets in the mountainous area of Sinlong Village in Miaoli County’s Tongluo Township to capture racing pigeons and then ask their owners to pay a ransom. Early on Tuesday last week, the Wufeng precinct dispatched over 30 officers to investigate, where, at the scene, they arrested three people and discovered amphetamines, marijuana and pigeon nets.
The Wufeng precinct was informed at the end of last year that racing pigeons were being snatched so that the thieves could extort money from their owners. On investigation, the police discovered that all bank payments were being remitted to an account of a man surnamed Lee, and that more than 50 payments, ranging from several thousand New Taiwan (NT) dollars to NT$10,000 — amounting to a total of NT$300,000 — had been made to the account.
The police had no way of knowing that, when they were driving an unmarked car up an industrial road in the mountainous area of Sinlong Village in Miaoli’s Tongluo Township in March this year, they would be flagged down by Lai, the 38-year-old chief suspect, wielding a large sickle and gesturing for them to stop. On the pretext of complaining that the drivers had broken some water pipes, he was actually trying to find out who the people coming in and out of the area were, as if he owned the mountain. In the end, the police just excused themselves, saying that their GPS system had sent them in the wrong direction.
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Just past 7am on Monday last week, the Wufeng police station dispatched over 30 people to make an arrest. Police arrested Lai and his 42-year-old female roommate Wang, who made withdrawals, as well as a 33-year-old man surnamed Hsiao who provided them with mobile SIM cards. At Lai’s residence, police obtained two bags containing a total of 2.19kg of amphetamine, one bag containing a total of 1.02kg of marijuana and a large sickle and pigeon bag.
(Liberty Times, Translated By Zane Kheir)
賴姓男子和王姓同居人,夥同蕭姓男子共組擄鴿集團,在苗栗縣銅鑼鄉新隆村山區架設鴿網捕鴿,捕獲賽鴿再打電話向鴿主勒索。 霧峰分局上周二一大早出動三十多人前往查緝,當場逮捕三人,並起出安非他命、大麻毒品和鴿網。
霧峰分局偵查隊去年底接獲鴿主報案,指稱賽鴿遭人擄走並勒索,警方調查後發現匯款帳戶是一名李姓男子所有,裡面有五十多筆數千到1萬元不等的匯款,總數約三十萬元。
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照片:自由時報記者陳建志
沒想到今年三月員警開著民車到苗栗縣銅鑼鄉新隆村的山區產業道路時,賴姓主嫌(三十八歲)竟手拿大型鐮刀在路上揮舞示意停車,表面雖抱怨車子行經輾壞水管,實則是盤查出入人員身分,宛如據山為王,員警最後謊稱導航報錯路才順利脫身。
霧峰分局上周一一大早七點多,動員三十多名員警前往查緝,逮捕賴男和出面取款的王姓女同居人(四十二歲),並逮捕提供手機sim卡的蕭姓男子(三十三歲),還在賴南住處查獲二包重達二點一九公克安非他命,以及一包重達一點零二公克大麻,還有長鐮刀和裝鴿袋。
(自由時報記者陳建志、何宗翰)
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