9 Members of Drug Organization Storing Methamphetamine in One-Room Apartment Arrested... 9.7 Billion KRW Seized

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Narcotics Crime Investigation Unit announced on the 28th that they arrested nine members of a group who stored a large quantity of drugs and distributed some of them, detaining three of them.

According to the police, from October last year to August this year, the suspects stored methamphetamine smuggled from Southeast Asia in a one-room apartment in Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, and distributed some of it in the metropolitan area. Police investigations confirmed that they supplied methamphetamine to ethnic Koreans in China using a so-called 'throwing' method via SNS and other platforms.

After receiving a tip in December last year about an organization selling methamphetamine to ethnic Koreans in China, the police conducted an intensive investigation for nine months, identified the group, and arrested them. During the arrest, the police seized 2.9 kg of methamphetamine (worth approximately 9.7 billion KRW), enough for about 97,000 simultaneous doses.

Regarding two accomplices who fled overseas, the police have issued arrest warrants and placed them on the wanted list. Among them, the police requested an Interpol Red Notice for the main supplier. A police official stated, "We plan to secure custody promptly through close cooperation with local law enforcement agencies."

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