2023-08-14 02:16:52
On October 21, 2021, Mr. A, a sales book, exchanged conversations with drug buyers using the overseas messenger ‘Wicker’. Provided by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Drug Crime Investigation Unit
Mr. A (29, arrested), who was an Internet shopping mall operator, became a ‘drug dealer’ selling four or more types of drugs, including cocaine, through the dark web, etc. from July 2021. In February of the same year, he bought drugs on the dark web in Europe and put them in a suitcase and brought them directly to the airport. He said that Mr. A started a ‘drug dealer’ because he thought he would be able to make easy money with the police. While the police conducted an ‘intensive crackdown on drug crimes in the first half of the year’ from March 1st to the 31st of last month to eradicate drug-related crimes, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s drug crime investigation team abused the dark web, overseas messengers, and virtual assets to illegally distribute drugs. A total of 312 people, including the suspect, who traded and administered drugs, were booked on charges of violating the Narcotics Management Act, and 10 people, including the seller A, were arrested on the 14th. The police seized about 150 million won worth of criminal proceeds from them, including 1.2 kg of eight types of drugs and virtual assets (cryptocurrency) and cash.
On October 21, 2021, the police seized LSD from Mr. A’s Seoul residence. Provided by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Drug Crime Investigation Unit
The six major dealers arrested this time had no drug criminal records, except for one who was fined once for smoking marijuana, and had other jobs such as restaurant operators, liquor wholesalers, and food delivery drivers. From December 2020 to March this year, they are accused of recruiting buyers through the dark web or overseas messengers, receiving virtual assets, etc., and selling drugs in the metropolitan area by the ‘throwing method’. They purchased drugs directly from abroad and brought them into Korea, or sold them after receiving supplies from merchant ships operating in Korea. In addition, police arrested 302 people who bought or administered drugs. Office worker B (40, arrested) was investigated as a buyer of cannabis, but during the investigation, he insisted on the legalization of hemp on social media, approached the operator of a licensed hemp plantation, and received cannabis for free, saying that it was necessary for the treatment of his children. I also smoked after that. Mr. C (23, undetained), who was a sound engineer, smoked marijuana and sold marijuana purchased through overseas messengers for a year from March 2020 to acquaintances on a total of 12 occasions, ranging from simple purchase and administration to sales. I stretched out my hand.
On August 22 last year, the police confiscated marijuana from Mr. B’s vehicle parked in an apartment in Chungcheongnam-do. Provided by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Drug Crime Investigation Unit
The police said, “In drug crime, the line between sellers and buyers has become blurred, and drug crimes have become serious.” We have to approach it as carefully as we can,” he warned. Meanwhile, as a result of the ‘intensive crackdown on drug crimes in the first half of the year’, the National Police Agency announced that it had arrested 10,316 drug offenders nationwide for five months and arrested 1,543 of them. Compared to the same period last year, the number of arrests increased by 63.7% (6301 during the same period last year) and the number of arrests (801 during the same period last year) doubled. In particular, the National Police Agency added that it broke away from the previous crackdown focusing on the simple arrest of drug offenders and arrested 3,065 supply offenders during the crackdown to block the distribution of drugs in advance. Byungchan Koh, staff reporter [email protected]
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