Qiu, 36, also known as Cho Que, who was arrested on Oct. 23, lived in a room at the back of the complex.
Wang, 44, who suffered head and ribcage injuries after being assaulted by a police officer, resides on the second floor of the building.
On Oct. 18, members of the department’s Drug Enforcement Task Force and the Criminal Investigation Bureau arrived at the apartment complex to effect the search and arrest order issued at about 7:30 p.m. by Superior Court Associate Judge David A. Wiseman against Qiu.
Department of Public Safety spokesman Sgt. Thomas A. Blas Jr. yesterday said “the case is still under investigation” and declined to further comment.
DPS has yet to disclose the identity of the police officer who beat up Wang.
In his affidavit of probable cause, Detective Roque K. Camacho said he, together with Detective Sabino Cabrera, were “inserted” into the jungle fronting the apartment complex to monitor the drug transaction between Qiu and a “buyer.”
Detectives Jesse Dubrall and Buddy Igitol were positioned at the back side of the apartment complex, Camacho said.
After meeting the “buyer,” Qiu was seen returning to the back side of the apartment, walking on the stairs and entering the second floor before coming out again and finally meeting the “buyer.”
Authorities followed the “buyer” to a pre-arranged area in Koblerville and were handed a “green empty double mint gum wrapper which further contained a clear ziplock bag containing clear crystalline substance.”
Camacho did not state in his affidavit what happened to the surveillance on Qiu.
On Oct. 20, DPS asked the community’s help in locating Qiu.
Detective Dubrall resigned on Oct. 22, and started working at the Public Auditor’s Office on Oct. 25.
Qiu was under probation for the remainder of his suspended sentence when police purchased “ice” from him two times this month.
Qiu admitted the charge of “ice” possession in July 2010.
He was sentenced to four years imprisonment, all suspended, and was credited for 257 days he had already served at Department of Corrections facility.
Wang said on Oct. 18, he just finished cooking dinner at about 8 p.m., when somebody shouted “stop” from the ground floor as he was walking on the terrace of the second floor.
Wang said a flashlight was aimed at him.
He said he saw another individual, armed with a handgun, approaching him on the terrace and telling him “to stay put.”
While he sat on the ground still holding his bowl of noodles, he said the armed man walked toward his back, hit his head with a handgun, handcuffed him, and kicked his body several times.
Soon after his wife arrived, police asked if she knew the person in the picture, later identified as Qiu.
