The Taipei City Police Headquarters' Criminal Investigation Corps yesterday arrested five suspects who allegedly helped a suspected drug dealer escape from police on Aug. 20 and three of the suspects were detained by prosecutors.
The five suspects are Chen Ming-chieh (
The five allegedly helped Chen Fu-hsiang (
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
Chen Fu-hsiang told police on Aug. 20 after his arrest that his friend was holding handguns and drugs for him and that he was willing to surrender them. Three police officers from the JPB accompanied Chen to the restaurant.
Two officers went into the restaurant with Chen, whose hands and feet were cuffed, while another officer stayed in a car outside.
The two officers said they were attacked by at least eight people with fire extinguishers, while Chen escaped.
According to the five suspects' statements, there were another 10 suspects on the loose. At press time, the court approved Taipei Prosecutor Fang Po-hsun's (
In the meantime, police were preparing to arrest the other suspects.
The police said that these five suspects admitted that the mastermind of the group is Chang Chia-juei (張家瑞), a close friend to Chen Fu-hsiang. Officers said that Chen Fu-hsiang is popular among gangsters and knows a lot of incriminating information about them.
Police said a lot of gangsters were trying to kill him so he wouldn't give police information on the gangs even when he was in police custody.
As a result, Chang planned to "rescue" his friend after they met in a detention house a few months ago.
"These suspects told us that Chang and Chen Fu-hsiang communicated with each other about the escape when Chang came to see Chen at the detention house," said Kao Shou-sun (
"According to their statements and our information, Chen Fu-hsiang is still in Taiwan. We have located him."
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