Taipei's police department arrested a drug dealer ranking among Taiwan's most wanted earlier this week, as she made her way to pick up her 6-year-old daughter. <br /><br />During the apartment bust, police discovered an illegal, underground casino in her home. <br /><br />Authorities say they broke into the complex with such speed, that they found the gamblers, who didn't have any time to flee, still sitting around the table.<br /><br />More than US$40,000 in cash and two large bricks of heroin, worth a combined total of over US$130,000, were lying, about to be wagered, on the table.<br /><br />The suspect, a 33-year-old woman surnamed You (游), has been listed on Taiwan's most wanted list since last June on charges of dealing drugs. <br /><br />She had recently moved to Taipei with her 6-year-old daughter, and reportedly opened an underground casino in her home. <br /><br />Police got wind of the illegal establishment when they were notified of loud dice rolling sounds coming the apartment door. <br /><br />Investigators searched the apartment and the five gamblers and found eleven bags of heroin, fourteen bags of amphetamines, a scale, drug paraphernalia, two large dice rolling bowls, two boxes of dice, and five ziploc bags, no doubt expected to be used to divvy up the winnings. <br /><br />The owner of the casino and the gamblers are expected to face drug possession and criminal charges.
