8 people caught selling tickets for 120,000 won on mats at Busan Fireworks Festival

Police impose fines under the Misdemeanor Punishment Act... One minor was disciplined

(Busan = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Seon-ho = Eight people who were trying to sell tickets or collect seat rent at the Busan Fireworks Festival, which attracted 1.2 million people, were caught by the police.

The Busan Police Agency announced on the 8th that it conducted an intensive crackdown on illegal activities such as ticket scalping and ticket collection in the area of ​​Gwangalli Beach, where the 21st Busan Fireworks Festival was held on the 7th, and caught a total of 8 people.

A man in his 30s was caught trying to sell two R seats for the fireworks festival, with a regular price of 200,000 won, for 300,000 won on the street in Millak-dong, Suyeong-gu around noon on the day of the event through a second-hand trading app.

A woman in her 40s also tried to sell two S seat tickets, which cost 140,000 won, for 200,000 won on the street in Gwangan-dong.

Men in their 20s and 30s were caught by the police after laying out a mat on the beach at Gwangalli Beach and trying to sell it for 130,000 won and 100,000 won in rent through a second-hand trading app.

The police applied the misdemeanor punishment law to them and imposed a fine of 80,000 to 160,000 won.

A middle school student was also caught trying to collect 100,000 won in rent by spreading a mat on the white sand of Gwangalli Beach, but since he was a minor, he was instructed and disciplined.

The police announced that they will continue to crack down on illegal activities such as ticket scalping and seat tax collection at festivals and performance sites with large crowds, which increase the burden on visitors and harm the healthy festival atmosphere.