Seoul Central Investigation Agency arrests and forwards Southeast Asian marijuana smuggler in ‘No. 1 investigation’

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Yun-seon = The Serious Crimes Investigation Office (Serious Crimes Investigation Office) transferred a drug criminal it had secured to the Public Prosecution Office for the first time since its launch.

This is the first case in which an arrested suspect was handed over to the Public Prosecution Office.

The Drug Investigation Bureau of the Seoul Regional Central Investigation Agency announced on the 25th that it had arrested and transferred Mr. A, from a Southeast Asian country, to the Incheon Regional Public Prosecution Office on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act on the 23rd.

Mr. A is accused of trying to bring 2.5 kg of marijuana into the country by hiding it in international mail.

The Seoul Heavy Industries and Fisheries Agency urgently arrested Mr. A through the 'controlled delivery' method, in which drugs caught at customs are delivered normally and the actual importer is tracked.

Afterwards, it was determined that the scale of drug smuggling was large and there was a risk of destruction of evidence and escape, so an arrest warrant for Mr. A was applied to the Incheon Regional Public Prosecution Office on the 17th.

The Public Prosecution Office requested a warrant the next day, and the court issued a warrant on the same day, citing concerns about destruction of evidence and flight.