Gangnam-gu Illegal Entertainment Venue with 'Secret Passage' Installed... Police Arrest 121 People

[Photo by Seoul Suseo Police Station]

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] A nightlife bar in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, equipped with underground secret passages and entrances, was caught by the police for illegal operations.

The Suseo Police Station in Seoul announced on the 29th that at around 11:47 PM the previous day, they cracked down on an unlicensed nightlife bar in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, arresting a total of 121 people, including the owner and 57 employees, as well as 63 customers, on charges of violating the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act.

According to the police, the nightlife bar could only be accessed through an underground secret passage connected to an adjacent building, and it was also found to be connected underground to another neighboring building equipped with lodging facilities.

Earlier, the police received a report that customers were being confined in this nightlife establishment and conducted CCTV analysis and undercover surveillance, eventually carrying out a crackdown together with the fire department.

The establishment spans a total of five floors, and inside there are facilities such as mirror rooms where customers select hostesses, as well as iron doors disguised as bookshelves.

The police plan to continue their investigation, suspecting that prostitution took place in the lodging facilities connected through the underground passages of this building.

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