Judge Reports Suspicious Text from Subway Seat Passenger... Drug Offender Arrested

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] A drug offender was caught by the police thanks to the quick thinking of a judge who reported a passenger sitting next to him on the subway using drug-related slang while sending messages on his mobile phone.

According to the police on the 24th, the Seocho Police Station in Seoul arrested a man in his 20s, identified as A, at around 7:50 PM the previous day on charges of trading marijuana (violation of the Narcotics Control Act).

B, a sitting judge who was commuting home by subway, witnessed A sitting next to him using drug-related slang and exchanging messages with someone via text on his mobile phone, and reported it to the police. B was reportedly familiar with drug-related slang as he had presided over trials involving drug offenders.

The police, who responded to the report, immediately apprehended A and are investigating the source of the marijuana purchase.

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