Police have arrested 29 people accused of illegally burying waste under a solar power plant in Tainan, along with at least four other locations in the city. Police have traced the illegal dumping to a criminal group.
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00:0029 people have been arrested after illegally dumped waste was found buried under a solar
00:06power plant in the south of the country.
00:09Police have traced the illegal dumping to a criminal group.
00:12The group buried waste in at least four locations across Tainan, covering over 24 acres of land
00:18in total.
00:20Illegal dumping is profitable in Taiwan, and environmental groups are urging authorities
00:24to check other power plants for buried waste.