COOPERATION: Officials from the US Drug Enforcement Administration are meeting with local law enforcement to help them improve their skills in hunting down dealers

The first joint Taiwan-US drug enforcement workshop kicked off yesterday in Taipei, following a groundbreaking agreement signed in March.

The four-day 2002 Drug Enforcement Work Training Seminar, held by the Bureau of Investigation and the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), runs until Friday. During the seminar, DEA Hong Kong Country Office Chief Thomas Ma ( "((BAM) and a team of four officials from Washington will share their experiences in drug enforcement with local law enforcement authorities.

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