An incident occurred in which a suspect arrested on suspicion of drug use fled. It was found that the police who arrested the suspect did not put on handcuffs and were lax in their supervision.
According to the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency on the 17th, at about 11 a.m. on the 13th of last month, a man in his 40s, identified only as A, who was arrested at a single-family house in Isan-myeon, Yeongju, North Gyeongsang, on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act regarding psychotropics and marijuana, fled immediately after being taken into custody.
At the time, after the arrest warrant was executed at the dwellings, A told police officers from the Incheon Bupyeong Police Station, "I will say goodbye to my mother," went into a room, and then escaped through a window.
The officers were waiting outside the room, realized the escape, and pursued, but failed to apprehend A immediately.
While investigating the related case, police confirmed that A had used methamphetamine and marijuana and began tracking, apprehending A that day, but it was found that they did not follow the principle of putting on handcuffs when executing the arrest warrant.
At the time, A asked police, "My parents are inside the house, and I don't want to show them me being handcuffed."
Police then launched a pursuit of A and at about 3:30 p.m. on the 14th of last month, the following day, apprehended A under a culvert in a nearby wooded hill. A was eventually sent to prosecutors in custody.
The investigative review division of the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency is conducting an internal affairs probe into three detectives who were at the scene at the time and the Head of Team in charge. A person at the investigative review division said, "When executing an arrest warrant, the principle is to put on handcuffs in accordance with internal guidelines," and added, "We will conduct face-to-face interviews with the four, look into the specific circumstances, and take appropriate measures."