Police Conduct Search and Seizure at Three Clinics Prescribing Drugs for 'Apgujeong Rolls-Royce'

On the 18th, Shin will be sent to the prosecution

The police will conduct a search and seizure at three clinics that prescribed sedatives and other drugs to Shin (28), known as the 'Apgujeong Rolls-Royce' driver.

According to the police on the 17th, the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul sent investigators to three clinics that prescribed psychotropic drugs, classified as narcotics, to Shin the previous day, securing medical records such as consultations and prescriptions. The police plan to analyze the seized materials to verify whether Shin used narcotics for medical purposes and whether these clinics prescribed anesthetics excessively.

Shin Mo, who is accused of causing an accident and injuring a pedestrian while driving under the influence of drugs, is seen leaving after completing the pre-arrest detention hearing at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the 11th.
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Shin was arrested on the 11th on charges of driving a Rolls-Royce and crashing onto a sidewalk near Exit 4 of Apgujeong Station in Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, at around 8:10 p.m. on the 2nd, injuring a woman in her 20s. Investigations revealed that on the day of the accident, Shin had been administered midazolam and diazepam, psychotropic drugs, at a hospital before driving. A rapid drug test immediately after the accident detected ketamine, another psychotropic drug.

Shin was arrested at the scene but was released the following day. Subsequently, the National Forensic Service's analysis detected seven types of psychotropic substances, including ketamine. Shin claimed that all were prescribed for medical purposes.

The victim, who suffered serious injuries in the Apgujeong Rolls-Royce traffic accident, filed a complaint with the police against the doctors who prescribed narcotics to Shin the previous day.

The police will apply charges including dangerous driving causing injury and hit-and-run injury under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes, serious injury under the Special Act on Traffic Accident Handling, and drugged driving under the Road Traffic Act, and will send Shin to the prosecution on the 18th. The police intend to continue investigating Shin's violations of the Narcotics Control Act.

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