Police caught a gang of women travelers who hid drugs in their bodies and brought them into the country. Women involved in drug smuggling received 5 million won in compensation at one time.
The Busan Geumjeong Police Station and the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency announced on the 21st that they had arrested three people, including Mr. A메이저사이트, on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act, and sent 18 people, including a transporter, a salesman, and a drug user, without detention.
Mr. A and his gang are suspected of smuggling methamphetamine by hiding it in the bodies of three female travelers in their 20s entering Gimhae Airport from Thailand six times from January to March.
According to the police, the general manager A tried to smuggle drugs by approaching three women in their 20s whom he recruited through acquaintances, offering to pay for their transportation.
These women entered Gimhae International Airport while hiding 600g of methamphetamine worth 300 million won in market value during the period, and delivered the methamphetamine to a domestic transportation sales manager immediately after arrival. In return, it was investigated that they received a reward of about 5 million won at a time.
Mr. A’s party divided the methamphetamine brought in in this way again into 1g units and distributed it using social media advertisements.
Last March, the police started an operation to confirm the reality of the drug distribution organization, starting with the arrest of the domestic transportation and sales book.
A police official said, “In the process of arresting and investigating one of the gang, we confirmed the method of the crime, such as smuggling.”
From March to July this year, the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency intensively cracked down on drug-related crimes in the first half of the year, arresting 883 people and arresting 112 people. Of the 883 people arrested, 259 were in their teens and 20s.
A police official said, “Recently, anyone can easily purchase drugs, and various new drugs are also spreading.” demanded,” he said.
Meanwhile, on the 14th, the National Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency announced that the number of drug offenders arrested in the intensive crackdown from March to July of this year exceeded 10,000. This is an increase of more than 60% compared to the same period last year.
By age group, those in their 20s accounted for the most with 3,394 people, followed by those in their 60s and older (2,872 people), those in their 30s (2,142 people), and those in their 40s (1,451 people). In particular, in the case of teenagers, 602 people were caught, nearly three times more than last year (203 people).