Hwang Hana, 37, the granddaughter of the founder of Namyang Dairy Products who fled overseas while under investigation on suspicion of drug use, voluntarily returned from Cambodia and was taken into custody by police.
The Gwacheon Police Station in Gyeonggi said on the 24th that it booked Hwang on suspicion of violating the Narcotics Control Act and is questioning her. Hwang entered Korea through Incheon International Airport at about 7:50 a.m. the same day, and police who had been standing by took her into custody.
Hwang is suspected of injecting methamphetamine into two other people, including an acquaintance, using a syringe in the Gangnam area of Seoul in July 2023. After coming under investigation over the case, she fled to Thailand in December of the same year to evade the probe.
When the investigation was halted due to Hwang's flight overseas, police requested an Interpol blue notice in May last year and invalidated her passport. She then left Thailand and is believed to have smuggled herself into Cambodia by unknown means and stayed there.
Recently, after Hwang's attorney conveyed to police her intention to appear voluntarily, arrest procedures moved forward. Hwang returned from Cambodia accompanied by police, and immediately after passing through the arrivals hall, a pre-issued arrest warrant was executed and she was transferred to the Gwacheon Police Station.