"I Caught the Surinam Drug Lord"... University Student Who Caused Trouble Fined

A man in his 20s who, while intoxicated, caused a disturbance by rambling that he had caught the drug lord featured in the Netflix series "Suriname" was sentenced to a fine.

On the 2nd, Kim Woo-jung, Chief Judge of Criminal Division 8 at the Seoul Western District Court, announced that he sentenced Kim, who was charged with obstruction of official duties and public intoxication at a government office under the Minor Offenses Act, to a fine of 3 million won.

According to the verdict, on September 23 of last year, the police received a 112 emergency call reporting, "My son is in Seoul, and a drug organization is moving, so call the police station quickly." The university student Kim appeared before the responding officers and claimed, "I caught Pastor Jeon from Suriname, call the National Intelligence Service (NIS)." Kim threw his ID card in front of the officers who were about to leave and caused a disturbance for 50 minutes.

Pastor Jeon is Jeon Yo-hwan, a Korean-born drug trafficker played by Hwang Jung-min in the drama "Suriname," modeled after Jo Bong-haeng, who naturalized in Suriname, operated as a "drug lord" in South America, and was arrested by the NIS.

Chief Judge Kim stated, "Strict punishment is required to eradicate the trend of contempt for public authority and to establish legal order," but also noted that Kim, a first-time offender, showed an attitude of admitting and reflecting on the crime.

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