Buddha statues packed in heroin

Buddha statues sent from Myanmar are pictured with 8.14 kilograms of heroin, which was made to look like protective packaging material in the shipment, at the Aviation Police Bureau in Taoyuan on Wednesday. Five suspects in a drug trafficking operation that uses such methods have been arrested in the past three months, the bureau said. CNA photo Oct. 13, 2021

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