Three legal migrant workers from the Philippines in Taiwan were arrested for allegedly assisting in the smuggling of two parcels of more than 3 kilograms of cannabis buds from the United States to the island.
On Monday, officers from Taipei Customs intercepted two suspicious packages from Los Angeles during a random inspection at Evergreen Air Cargo Services Corporation, The Liberty Times reported.
Labeled as toys and clothing, both parcels showed abnormalities during X-ray examination. Two packets with a combined weight of 3.256kg, for an estimated market value of NT$15 million (nearly US$500,000), of cannabis buds were found.
On Tuesday morning, Taipei police arrested two Filipinos who showed up to collect the parcels, a 36-year-old woman named Diana and a 41-year-old man named Frederick, in Wanhua district of Taipei City and Shulin district of New Taipei City respectively.
A third Filipino, a 28-year-old woman named Anna, allegedly the handler for the illegal plants, was later arrested in Songshan district of Taipei. She admitted to assisting in the smuggling of illegal drugs, saying she did so as she was in financial difficulties, Taiwan Apple Daily reported.
Each of the suspects expected to receive NT$6,000 for each successful shipment of cannabis.
Preliminary police investigation found that the two female suspects had legally entered Taiwan as domestic caregivers, while the male was also a legal migrant granted permission to work on the island.

China now is different from China before. Go visit China and you will be surprised how the country have changed from 20 years ago. Taiwan can no longer catch up. China do not need Taiwan but one day it will be Taiwan who will need China.
So what is wrong with one China different government.
Baka Lp yan , mag kalat dto sa taiwan , para sirain si Press Duterte..death PENALTY yan..
panu na yan maghihigpit na taiwan, kakagrant palang ng free visa.
Tanga nyo pinahiya nyo kaming mga pinoy dto
Talaga mga ibang pinoy pinay hindi kau nadadala sa mga balita ano?d bali makulong kau sa atin bansa huag lang sa ibang bansa ay talagang mahigpit ang bilangian dito pusas sa dalawang kamay at pusasan karin sa dalawang paa kapalit ng 6k? Mga bobo hindi kayo nag iisip bago niyo gawin mga bagay na yan.
Kahiya tong mga to sa lahi eh! Nagdruga doon nalang sana sa pinas wag sa ibang lugar. Kung ano ang mistake nang isang pinay/pinoy halos damay at nilalahat nang chikwa. Shameful ????????
Ayan na isa isa n nhuhuli , marami pa dito yan sa taiwan , sana maunos kayo mga pusher at adik , nakakahiya ginagawa nyo masisira nnman mga ofw dito
Street value was 15M.. tas ang bgay sa iyo inday is 6k nt.. pinagpalit mu sa kalayaan mu… nangawat k nlng tani.. bilaysing ka…pukpuka ulo sang bato.. ihampas sa,semento.. ka hangag..na cge …
sa ngaun hwag magttiwala sa mga tao
tang ina iyan dapat panagutan ng taga POLO iyan dahil kung damay ang mga iba diyan na mga worker na nagtatrabaho ng matino dahil minsan ang mga taga POLO KUNSINTIDOR DIN SA MGA MALING GAWAIN NG MGA PINOY OFW dapat diyan parusang bitay para huwag tularan
puntahan ko iyan sa prisinto ng chung shan para request na madiin at ng maparusahan tang ina 6,000 ntd lang.lalo na ang mga immigrante na mahilig mag papil para lang lang sa papularidad nila at pag kakaitaan nila
6nt?lord jesus un lng?alam nio naman pg drugs para kayung ng suicide nakakahiya kay president duterte
ang nabalitaan ko inutusan lng daw cla na mag pick up ng parcel taz sa kanila ipapangalan. d alam na ang laman pala ay marijuana.hai naku guys ingat nlng po tau. hwag basta mag tiwala agad. umiwas tau sa gulo.
So shamefull..so many possible sources to produce additional income
ngaun himas rehas n bakal n kayo.. mahilig kc sa easy money ayaw m.pagod… kala nyo deport lng kayo.deport kayo d2 sa taiwan pero pg dating sa pinas di n kayo mkaka.uwi sa mga bahay nyo. sa kulungan n kayo dretxo… cguro many times nyo n yang ginawa sa una masaya ngaun nhuli n kayo iyak2 kayo..
Shame
Analyn Almario
Read this.
Lhat tau nnga2ilngan ng pera.6k kkitain.nio pa yan.no anyone can win over the drugs. Mhal tau ng Dios but if ur life is out from Jesus,the enemy easily comes with u kc alm ni Satan ang khinaan ntin,ng bwat isa.
Iwan sobrang katangahan pinapahiya nyo si duterte ano nakain nyo sa halagang 6k nt sira ulo kayo
Kainaman kau bat dumayo pa kau d2 sa taiwan..6knt lang pinagpalit nyo mukha nyo.. omg…
dahil lang sa 6k nt… pinagplit niyo klayaan niyo!! hangag nga mga tawo