‘This plot is absurd’: drug-dealing, real-life Chinese ‘Breaking Bad’ love triangle collapses from within after lovers elope
- A drug-fuelled love triangle involving a husband, a wife and her lover is busted by police after the latter pair elope
- Social media gripped by complex story of drug use, love and duplicity which was ended by jealousy
A drug-trafficking love triangle – described as like a Chinese version of the US crime drama Breaking Bad – has captured the imagination of millions on social media.
The complex case unfolded in the coastal city of Taizhou, in China’s eastern province of Zhejiang and online interest in it quickly grew after police there posted details of it on their WeChat public account.
According to investigators, the crystal meth-using and dealing ring began to unravel on March 13 when a 49-year-old local man, surnamed Dai, reported to the police that his wife had “eloped” with his second cousin and that the pair were using drugs together.
The next day, officers caught the two who had “eloped” and during interrogation, it emerged all three were involved in drug use and trafficking.
Investigators discovered that Dai met his current wife, Jiang – who is seven years younger than him – online in 2021, a few years after Dai and his previous wife divorced.