Police arrested an accomplice of the notorious serial kidnapper and gangster Chang Hsi-ming (
Early yesterday morning police arrested 33-year-old Chen Chin-hsiung (陳進雄). He has been wanted by police since shooting a man in 2004.
Taichung police said at a press conference yesterday that Chang's two key accomplices, Chen and Chang Hung-chi (
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The two were engaged in a series of gun battles with police in Kaohsiung County in July 2004.
Police said they received information that Chen and Chang Hung-chi had colluded with another notorious gangster Wang Chun-wei (王俊偉) to consolidate their power in the underworld.
Wang is suspected of killing a gang member in Taichung County, kidnapping the son of the mayor of Tachia (
Several police officers equipped with weapons approached an apartment in Chunghwa City early yesterday morning the police believed Chen was hiding in.
Police fired several shots into the door of Chen's apartment on the seventh floor and swiftly entered.
The police raid startled Chen, who was asleep, and he grabbed a rifle beside his bed.
Police said they fired a shot into the ceiling and then apprehended Chen, holding him down to the floor.
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