Six Malaysians facing life sentence in Taiwan over drug charges


TAIPEI: Six Malaysian men have been arrested on charges of smuggling heroin into Taiwan, an offence punishable by life imprisonment, officials said Monday. 

Investigators and police raided a hotel in central Taipei on Saturday and arrested five Malaysians after the sixth Malaysian and a Taiwanese man were caught selling the drug on the street, said an officer from the Criminal Investigation Bureau. 

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