A Kaohsiung court acquitted a woman accused of helping fund a marijuana shipment, finding no proof she knew an NT$8,949 payment was connected to smuggling.

A Tainan court granted NT$30,000 bail to a man accused of releasing more than 100 live cockroaches inside a restaurant in Anping District.

Prosecutors suspect that some printed circuit boards manufactured in China were shipped to Taiwan and relabeled as “Made in Taiwan,” possibly involving document forgery and false product labeling. Unimicron has said it will cooperate with the investigation and that its operations and finances have not been materially affected.

YouTuber Jacob Pugmire, 27, has been referred to the Keelung District Prosecutors Office on suspicion of unlawfully entering a building after police found a video online showing him inside the Remains of the 13 Levels (十三層遺址)

Three people have been detained as prosecutors investigate suspected illegal waste dumping linked to a Tainan explosion that injured 15 people.

Investigators traced metal waste involved in explosions that injured 15 people in Tainan to a Kaohsiung-registered company whose owner is reportedly wanted in a separate fraud case.

Kaohsiung police released a viral anti-drug driving video featuring a zombie passenger for Ghost Month. The campaign highlights stricter 2026 penalties after authorities intercepted 897 drug-driving cases in the first half of the year.

A man claimed he drunkenly mistook a Kaohsiung police car for his ride. Officers let him leave, but reconsidered after his friends posted a video of the apparent prank.

Police took more than 200 people in for questioning after raiding a makeshift weekend nightclub in Daliao. The same venue was reportedly shut down following a major drug investigation in 2024 but later reopened.

Released after serving 10 years, a Kaohsiung woman completed her final care-worker placement the following morning and later received a NT$36,000-a-month job offer.