Police Arrest Total of 60 People in 'Gangnam Academy District Drug Drink Incident'

11 Arrested... Illegal Sale of Mobile Phone SIM Cards and More

Fifty-two additional individuals have been arrested in connection with the 'Seoul Gangnam Academy District Drug Beverage Threat Incident' that occurred last April. They were investigated for illegally selling SIM cards used in the crime and KakaoTalk accounts.

On the 13th, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Metropolitan Investigation Unit's Narcotics Crime Investigation Team and Financial Crime Investigation Team announced that, in addition to the main Korean suspect A, a total of 52 people including B, who sold KakaoTalk accounts, C, who participated in phone scams, and D, who sold SIM cards, were additionally booked on charges such as aiding and abetting the provision of methamphetamine to minors for profit and aiding and abetting criminal organization activities. Among them, eight were detained.

B and three others instructed part-time workers and aided the crime by illegally selling KakaoTalk accounts and mobile phone SIM cards used for phone threats. Three of them were separately detained on charges of violating the Telecommunications Business Act.

C and 11 others are accused of instructing part-time worker Kim, who distributed drug beverages to students, to act as cash collectors for phone scams and embezzling 250 million won from 18 victims overseas. Eight of them were detained. Kim was additionally booked on phone scam charges. D and 37 others are accused of illegally selling burner SIM cards used in caller ID spoofing devices.

So far, the police have arrested a total of 60 people, including seven main suspects apprehended immediately after the incident. Arrest warrants were issued for a total of 11 individuals.

Going forward, the police plan to devote all efforts to thoroughly investigating and punishing serious criminals who provide narcotics to youth.

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