Police became suspicious after the male rider appeared nervous and struggled to explain who the woman riding behind him was. An officer eventually asked her directly whether she was the person police were looking for. Chen reportedly smiled before admitting her true identity.

The couple’s 12-year-old boy struck the floor with a baseball bat to distract Chen, giving his parents time to escape into the office and call police.

Customers reportedly needed an introduction from someone familiar with the business. They then had to call the casino and stand in front of a camera before the door was unlocked.

Yuanchun Oil Factory, located in Meishan Township, is now accepting returns for products made between December 2025 and July 2026, including bottles that have already been opened.

The case carries an awkward political twist. Chen has represented northern Kaohsiung for more than two decades and has publicly promoted renewable energy and industrial development in the area.

Police said the smuggling group packed 2,519 grams of cannabis flowers into 24 packets of well-known Thai instant noodles. The drugs were mixed with small amounts of broken noodles and seasoning to make the packets look like normal instant noodles before being resealed and shipped to Taiwan.

Court says drug trafficking group provided man with 500 British pounds’ worth of TRX cryptocurrency to pay for travel from the United Kingdom to Germany and hotel accommodation, the court said. He was also promised 600 pounds, or about NT$25,000, after completing the delivery. The relatively small payment stood in sharp contrast to the scale of the shipment, which prosecutors said contained more than 27 kg of ketamine.

UDN reports that three samples contained benzoic acid, a preservative that is not permitted in fresh noodle products under Taiwan’s food-additive rules. Two of the failed samples came from Kaohsiung. One was purchased at Fengshan First Public Market, also known as Bingzai Market. The other came from a manufacturer near Shiquan Market and contained 3.26 grams of benzoic acid per kilogram, the highest level found in the survey. A third sample from Pingtung’s East Market contained the same banned preservative.

The officer, surnamed Wang, reportedly first climbed over a wall behind his police station with a sickle and cut down two bunches of bananas belonging to a local resident. About two weeks later, he stopped beside nearby farmland before dawn, pulled two young avocado trees from the ground, and replanted them at his home.

Investigators believe false documents were used to send the systems to restricted markets, with some servers reportedly travelling through Japan before reaching China.