Suspected Toxic International Mail Arrives in Haman, Identified as Blue Paper

Joint Investigation Conducted by Police, Fire Department, Army, and Environmental Agency

Following Ulsan, a suspicious overseas mail suspected of containing poison was delivered to Haman County, Gyeongnam, prompting the police to launch an investigation.

According to the Gyeongnam Police Agency and Haman Police Station on the 21st, at around 8:58 a.m., the Chilwon District Police Station in Haman received a report of an "unidentified recipient overseas delivery mail."

Suspicious international mail containing poison delivered to a construction company in Haman-gun, Gyeongnam.
[Photo by Gyeongnam Police Agency]

A man in his 40s, Mr. A, is the CEO of a construction company in Chilwon and had been holding an unidentified recipient mail sent from overseas about two months ago.

He reported to the district police station after seeing media reports that three employees collapsed with respiratory difficulties after opening overseas mail at a welfare facility for the disabled in Ulsan the previous afternoon.

The police special forces and the fire special response team are inspecting a suspicious poisonous mail item.
[Photo by Gyeongnam Police Agency]

The Haman Police Station's emergency on-site response team, forensic investigation team, the chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) researchers from the provincial police counterterrorism unit, and the Special Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team secured the mail and moved it to the nearby Haman Sports Complex.

The provincial fire headquarters' special response team, the 39th Army Division's CBRN battalion, and the Nakdong River Basin Environmental Office also assisted in item inspection, verification, and safety assurance.

The Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Battalion of the 39th Army Division is inspecting the contents of the supplies. [Photo by Gyeongnam Fire Headquarters]

X-ray imaging and opening of the mail revealed that the mail was made of blue coated paper.

It was folded multiple times like the backing paper used for sticker adhesion, forming a long rod shape.

Two rounds of simple CBRN diagnostics on the inside of the envelope found no abnormalities.

The police plan to send the sealed mail to the National Forensic Service for a detailed examination.

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