Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office Forms Special Investigation Team for 'Gangnam Academy District Drugs'

The prosecution has formed a dedicated investigation team regarding the drug beverage incident in the Gangnam academy district.

On the 14th, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office established a special drug crime investigation team led by Shin Junho, head of the Violent Crime Investigation Division, with four prosecutors and ten investigators.

The prosecution views this case as a grave and serious matter, considering it an unprecedented crime that uses narcotics as a tool to threaten public safety, including minors and their families.

Accordingly, the dedicated investigation team plans to work closely with the police to promptly review and process requested warrants, and after transferring the case, conduct thorough supplementary investigations to identify the mastermind and backers of the crime, including accomplices located overseas, thereby clarifying the full scope of the incident.

Earlier, four part-time workers in their 20s to 40s, paired in twos, handed out "concentration enhancement beverages" to students near Gangnam-gu Office Station and Daechi Station in Seoul on the afternoon of the 3rd.

It is known that eight victims, including one parent, consumed the drug beverage. Subsequently, the victim parents received threatening phone calls from a group speaking with a Joseonjok accent, stating they would report to the police or inform the school that their children had taken drugs.

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