(August 10, 2005)
CIB arrests gang member in Chungli City
The China Post staff
The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB), acting on a tip, arrested a gang member yesterday in Chungli City, Taoyuan County, yesterday and seized a double barrel shotgun and a machine pistol from his residence.
According to CIB, Yang Shao-cheng, 25, is the son of a professional gambler, who recently made over NT$30 million in the lottery. Coming from a family with a history of heavy gambling, Yang, without exception, was engrossed with games of chance, said CIB.
The police chose to arrest Yang when he was meeting his father to celebrate father's day. Investigators stated that Yang displayed no remorse when caught, stating that the bust would no doubt raise his reputation in the mobster circle.
Yang's father also expressed nonchalantly that being arrested by the CIB instead of the police demonstrated his son is a heavy weight in the crime world instead of a petty gangster.
Interrogation of Yang revealed that his family has close ties with gambling lairs in the Taoyuan County area. Because of the enormous wealth accumulated through gambling, Yang often betted large amounts of money in one hand, sometimes losing millions of NT dollars without flinching, said CIB.
However, because Yang recently lost over NT$10 million while gambling, he decided to arm himself with firearms to ward off aggressive creditors. Informants also notified the police that Yang had attempted to sell of firearms in his possession to raise money for his debts.
The pistol found in Yang's residence is a CZ75 Automatic, a modified version of the original CZ75. It comes equipped with a spare magazine attached as a front grip and an extended barrel for longer range. The Czech police adopted variations of this pistol as their standard firearm.