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Taiwan seizes illicit drugs on one of first cargo flights from China
中國首批貨運包機運毒遭臺灣檢獲
International Herald Tribune 19 December 2008 

TAIPEI: About 30 kilograms of the party drug ketamine arrived on one of the first direct cargo flights between the political rivals China and Taiwan following six decades of hostile relations, a Customs official said Friday.

Airport Customs agents in Taipei found 66 pounds of the powdered hallucinatory drug on Thursday packed into eight boxes on a Chinese cargo plane, customs officials said.

"Our expectation was that direct cargo links could possibly lead to drug smuggling," said Lin Shu-chi, deputy Taipei Customs Office head. "I can't say this was beyond our imagination."

The ketamine was worth 930,000 Taiwan dollars, or $28,500, Lin said.

Taiwan and China opened direct cargo routes and introduced daily direct passenger flights on Monday for the first time since 1949 to help Taiwan investors save time and money on travel and factory shipments.

China has claimed sovereignty over Taiwan since 1949, when the Communists led by Mao Zedong won the Chinese civil war and the Nationalists under Chiang Kai-shek fled to the island. Beijing has vowed to bring Taiwan under its rule, by force if necessary.

The jump in trade and transit links underscores how quickly ties have warmed under the island's pro-China president, Ma Ying-jeou, who took office in May on a pledge to improve cooperation with Beijing.

中文翻譯：

政治對立的中國和臺灣在經過六十年的敵對關係後，最近首次實施貨運直航包機。海關官員今天說，約有30公斤的氯胺酮(ketamine; K他命)在這首批的貨運班機之一被發現。

海關官員說，在星期四臺北的航警局在一架中國的貨運飛機上發現66鎊的幻覺粉狀藥物，分別裝在8個不同的箱子內。

「我們原就認為貨運直航包機可能會導致毒品走私。」臺北關稅局副局長林樹吉說「所以這並不是出乎我們的預料。」

這些氯胺酮約值93萬臺幣，或2萬8千5百美元，林樹吉說。

臺灣和中國在星期一開放了貨運直航航線，並推出每日直航客運班機。這是自1949年以來的第一次，是為了要幫助臺商降低旅途和工廠貨運的時間與金錢。

自1949年，中國聲稱擁有臺灣的主權。1949年是當毛澤東領導的共產黨贏得了中國的內戰，而蔣介石的國民黨逃到了臺灣，北京曾誓言要統治臺灣，即使需要使用武力。

在島上親中的馬英九總統的管理下，兩方的關係已快速的趨暖，這可從兩方激增的貿易和交通運輸關係看見。馬英九在5月上任，承諾要改善與北京的合作關係。

這氯胺酮案件涉嫌一位31歲的中國女子，地方媒體說這氯胺酮原是要寄到臺灣中部的一家便利商店。


英文原文引用自：http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/19/asia/taiwan.php
中文翻譯引用自：http://www.socialforce.net/phpBB/post_738620.html#738620