SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Methamphetamines and other illegal drug substances were found at all major sewage treatment plants in South Korea. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety conducted a series of regular checks at the 27 major sewage treatment facilities from April 2021 to April 2022, which found methamphetamines in all of [...]
UIJEONGBU, South Korea, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – A total of 132 South Koreans were arrested in a three-month narcotics crackdown spearheaded by the Gyeonggi Bukbu Provincial Police Agency, with 46 individuals indicted and the reported seizure of 39.3 grams of methamphetamine, enough to dose 800 people simultaneously. According to the agency, 116 (87.8 percent) [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Drug smuggling into South Korea surged to a 14-year high in 2015 on expanded syndicates and diversified trafficking routes, customs data showed Thursday. A total of 325 shipments of banned substances were caught last year valued at 214 billion won (US$174.8 million), up 42 percent from a year earlier, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A local court on Friday overturned the acquittal of a 32-year-old hip-hop artist accused of using and selling drugs. The appeals department of the Seoul Eastern District Court sentenced Kwon Ki-bum, better known by his stage name Bumkey, to eight months in prison with a two year suspension. Bumkey [...]
JEONJU, Jan.7 (Korea Bizwire) – Smartphone applications are increasing as a window to traffic in drugs among young people. In the past, most drug users were in their 40s and 50s. However, the number of those in their 20s and 30s who are seduced by drugs is increasing with the proliferation of drug trafficking through [...]
SEOUL, Dec.14 (Korea Bizwire) – A man in his 40s who was working at a pharmaceutical company has been arrested for making and selling drugs. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced that it had arrested Song (40) and Park (49) for making and selling meth. The accused even set up a facility in a small [...]