Police yesterday arrested their most wanted man, fugitive Chan Lung-lan (詹龍欄).
Chan was wanted in connection with more than 10 cases of robbery, drug smuggling, murder and kidnapping. Nicknamed the “pangolin,” he escaped from Taiwan to China in 1995. He was arrested by Chinese police in March 2000 for kidnapping a Taiwanese business man in Yunan Province. He was later deported from China before being caught by Taiwan police.
Chan has escaped man hunts, police custody and even prison. In 1985, he allegedly committed a murder over a gambling fraud before escaping to the Philippines, where he is said to have engaged in smuggling arms and drugs.
He is also accused of having plotted and executed a kidnapping for ransom in 1991. The amount of ransom demanded — NT$100 million — set a record at the time.
Police launched a full-scale search for Chan until his arrest in 1991. However, he managed to break out of the prison soon after.
After Chan's escape, he went on to allegedly commit numerous crimes. In February of 1995, Chan and his crime ring allegedly kidnapped and then murdered three men over a row related to a gun deal.
One month later, Chan allegedly instructed three of his men to shoot down another gun dealer, Hsu Chin-te (許金德), as well as strangle Hsu's chauffeur, Wu Hui-ming (吳輝明), because he suspected Hsu of embezzling proceeds from arm sales.
In June of that same year, Chan allegedly kidnapped the president of the Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village (九族文化村), surnamed Chen (陳), and his girlfriend, surnamed Lee (李). The amount of ransom he demanded was NT$200 million. Police rescued the hostages, but Chan again managed to flee
to China.
Chan continued his career in crime even after he stowed away to China. Even though he was in China, he ordered his men in Taiwan to kidnap the mother of a councilman in Tainan County, sir name Chen (陳), demanding NT 200 million
in ransom. Fortunately, the police was able to stopped the crime before it took place. In China, Chan gradually hooked up with the local mafia and police and again began smuggling arms and drugs.
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