● Taiwan High Prosecutors’ Office coordinates six major drug enforcement systems, including prosecutors, investigators, police, coast guard, military police, and Customs.
Modern tools used by Customs to enhance drug enforcement capability include:
● Narcotics Detector Dog Team:
⁃Role: The most effective “biological detection system”.
⁃Strengths: Leveraging the Labrador retriever’s keen sense of smell and agility to quickly pinpoint suspicious areas.
● X-ray Inspection Equipment:
⁃Purpose: Rapidly scan the interiors of containers, luggage, cargo, express parcels, and mail.
● Handheld Raman Spectrometer:
⁃Purpose: Quickly analyze and preliminarily identify the chemical composition of suspicious powders, solids, or liquids on site.
● Drug Screening Kits:
⁃Purpose: Provide rapid, preliminary identification of drug types during inspections.
