A group involved in smuggling 6 kg of drugs was captured in Thailand and repatriated to Korea.
On the 22nd, the Seoul Seocho Police Station said it had arrested 12 members of the group accused of bringing 6 kg of drugs, including methamphetamine and ketamine, into Korea from Thailand and referred them to the prosecution. Nine people, including the ringleader, have been detained, while the remaining three were referred without detention.
They are accused of hiding drugs in their bodies and smuggling them into Korea from September to October last year, and later selling them via Telegram. The drugs they smuggled are valued at about 3 billion won, enough for up to 200,000 people to use based on a single dose.
After apprehending a domestic distributor in October last year, police expanded their investigation, capturing five smuggling operatives and five couriers known as 'droppers.' Although two ringleaders commanding the smuggling from Thailand went into hiding, they were captured on site after an Interpol red notice and repatriated to Korea earlier this month.