Police Prevent Full-Scale War Between Violent Gangs... 40 Arrested After Pursuit

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Gang members who fled after attempting an all-out war between violent organizations actively operating in Gwangju were caught after persistent police pursuit.

The Violent Crime Investigation Unit of the Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency announced on the 26th that 12 gangsters were arrested and 28 others were booked without detention on charges of violating the Act on the Punishment of Violent Acts (joint assault, etc.).

Five gangsters from faction A are accused of collectively assaulting two gang members from faction B in Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, at the end of January, causing injuries.

It was investigated that they committed this crime out of dissatisfaction with faction B gangsters disciplining them for being disrespectful.

Subsequently, faction B allied with other members to carry out retaliatory assaults against faction A members, nearly leading to an all-out war between the two organizations.

However, these two gang members sensed the police investigation net and went into hiding across the country.

The police deployed more than 20 violent crime investigators in four teams at the early stage of the case, capturing gang members one by one, and achieved the result of arresting all 40 participants within six months of the investigation.

A police official said, "Swift response prevented a bloodshed," adding, "We tracked and arrested the fugitives until the end, achieving a complete roundup."

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