Man charged in drug bust that killed two teens
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Jason Pan/Reporter
A man was charged yesterday with killing two teenage girls whom investigators believe overdosed at a motel in New Taipei City over the weekend.
The 30-year-old suspect, surnamed Hong, allegedly gave the girls, aged 16 and 17, coffee bags of drugs after checking into a motel in the Xindian district early Sunday.
Police were called after the girl’s body was found in a motel stairwell later that day.
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Investigators reviewed surveillance video to identify the driver of the vehicle the girls were traveling in.
They found Hong and a 21-year-old woman at a motel in Taoyuan, police said, adding that they also seized nine coffee bags laced with drugs in addition to the seven coffee bags found at the motel in New Taipei City. bag.
Police said assays showed the mixture contained the recreational drugs paramethoxymethamphetamine and mephedrone, while residues of ketamine were also found at the scene.
All three stimulants are illegal in Taiwan under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Regulations).
The Taipei District Prosecutor’s Office prosecuted Hong for drug possession, manslaughter, abandonment of corpses, and death by supplying prohibited drugs in accordance with the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act.
Hong told police he had been messaging the girls in a Line group chat for a week before inviting them to a party at the motel.
After taking the drug, the girls lost consciousness and stopped breathing, police said, citing Hong as saying: “I wrapped them in sheets and blankets because I was going to take them from the motel but the bodies were too heavy. Can’t take it.” Carry them with me, so I leave them in the stairwell and leave. “
Hong told prosecutors that he did not force the girls to use drugs and that he was not responsible for their deaths, which is why he did not report them.
Investigators said they were awaiting the results of an official autopsy but believed the death was caused by a drug overdose.
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