‘Heavy Investigation Agency No. 1 Arrested’ Suspect indicted… suspected of smuggling marijuana

Arrested and transferred to Seoul Central Investigation Office → Incheon Public Prosecution Office indicted

(Incheon = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Eun-ji = A suspect arrested and sent to the Public Prosecution Office for the first time since the Serious Crimes Investigation Office (Serious Crimes Investigation Office) was launched on the 2nd of last month was handed over to trial.

According to the legal community on the 11th, the Incheon Regional Public Prosecution Office arrested and indicted Mr. A, a Southeast Asian national, at the end of last month on marijuana charges under the Narcotics Control Act.

Mr. A is suspected of trying to smuggle 2.5 kg of marijuana into the country by hiding it in international mail from overseas early last month.

Previously, the Seoul Regional Heavy Water Agency's Narcotics Investigation Bureau urgently arrested Mr. A through a 'controlled delivery' method in which drugs caught by customs were delivered normally and the actual importer was tracked.

Afterwards, considering the large scale of drug smuggling, an arrest warrant was applied for, and the court issued a warrant citing concerns about destruction of evidence and flight.