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The authorities arrested Mr Lee after heroin was found in his hand luggage. --PHOTO: PCHOME.COM
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->TAOYUAN (TAIWAN): Singaporean Lee Kok Hong, 41, was arrested on Monday evening at Taiwan's Taoyuan Airport for alleged drug trafficking.
Police found�1.3kg of�high-grade heroin, believed to be worth about NT$6 million (S$268,800) on the market,�in his�hand luggage.
A police spokesman told�The Straits Times that they had been suspicious of�the man, who�had left Taiwan�only a day after arrival on his two�previous visits.
The Singaporean,�who has yet to be charged, is helping the Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office with investigations.
Under Taiwan laws, trafficking of�'Class A' drugs like heroin�is punishable with death or life imprisonment plus a fine of not more than NT$10 million.
According to a Straits Times report last year,�outside Asean, Taiwan�has the largest number of jailed Singaporeans, mostly for drug offences. HO AILI
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The authorities arrested Mr Lee after heroin was found in his hand luggage. --PHOTO: PCHOME.COM
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->TAOYUAN (TAIWAN): Singaporean Lee Kok Hong, 41, was arrested on Monday evening at Taiwan's Taoyuan Airport for alleged drug trafficking.
Police found�1.3kg of�high-grade heroin, believed to be worth about NT$6 million (S$268,800) on the market,�in his�hand luggage.
A police spokesman told�The Straits Times that they had been suspicious of�the man, who�had left Taiwan�only a day after arrival on his two�previous visits.
The Singaporean,�who has yet to be charged, is helping the Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office with investigations.
Under Taiwan laws, trafficking of�'Class A' drugs like heroin�is punishable with death or life imprisonment plus a fine of not more than NT$10 million.
According to a Straits Times report last year,�outside Asean, Taiwan�has the largest number of jailed Singaporeans, mostly for drug offences. HO AILI