Ex-skipper cleared of drug trafficking after serving 8 years in jail

Taiwan's Supreme Court has cleared a former fishing vessel caption of drug trafficking in a final verdict handed down recently after he was initially found guilty in 2012 and spent eight years behind bars.

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