The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) of the Ministry of Interior teamed up with police stations in Taoyuan and Chungli in the investigation of a sex fraud scheme that involved the use of female minors as sexual bait to extort money by the Bamboo Union gang (竹聯幫) in May 2010.

The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) has arrested a taxi driver surnamed Wu and his girlfriend for processing legitimate drugs for the treatment of nose problems into materials for amphetamine at their apartment in Chungli City of Taoyuan County.

A man who makes less than NT$200 a day collecting recyclables did not hesitate to take NT$300,000 he found on the street in Taoyuan to police, media reports said yesterday.

Female middle-school students in Taoyuan County ganged up on a fellow student, physically attacked her, forced her to strip and took pictures of her naked in a vicious case of schoolyard bullying, local media reported yesterday.

The Taoyuan District Court yesterday sentenced a man to one year and eight months in prison for causing a fire and then encouraging his neighbors on the sixth floor to jump, resulting in two deaths and heavy injuries.

Kainan University is offering a four-year scholarship to outstanding international students.

A fatal road accident took place in Guishan Township, Taoyuan County, yesterday, when a truck crane lost control and crashed into a passenger bus, flipping it over. Four people died at the last count while 13 were reportedly injured.

Taoyuan County established Taiwan's first course on “water resources” with the launch of a water education class on Oct. 6, according to the Taoyuan County government.

A staff member of Taoyuan International Airport Services Co. (TIAS) yesterday fatally ran over and crushed a China Airlines (CAL) ground crew member with an Aerial Power Supply Car when he backed it up in order to provide ground power supply to an airplane.

Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport will launch a food festival today as part of efforts to improve the airport's reputation for poor food service, an airport spokesman said yesterday.