TAIPEI, July 23, 2015 (AFP) - Taiwan has seized a stash of amphetamines worth more than 1.4 billion yen ($11.3 million) hidden in frozen tuna cargos at Kaohsiung port, the largest smuggling case of the drug bound for Japan, officials said.
The two containers headed for Japan’s Shimizu port held 138 kilogrammes (304 pounds) of the drug which was hidden in plastic bags and stuffed into the bellies of the fish.
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