The Daejeon City Civil Affairs Judicial Police announced on the 11th that they have uncovered six sites of illegal activities causing foul odors through a planned investigation conducted over the past two months using visual surveillance and drone flight monitoring.


The crackdown was carried out from July to August, targeting painting facilities and wastewater treatment facility installation sites located in local industrial complexes and densely populated residential areas.


The violations found at the identified sites include ▲failure to implement odor prevention measures (3 cases) ▲operation of unregistered air emission facilities (1 case) ▲abnormal operation of air pollution control facilities (1 case) ▲unregistered dust generation business (1 case), among others.


The Daejeon City Civil Affairs Judicial Police plan to take criminal prosecution and administrative actions against these businesses.


The Daejeon City Civil Affairs Judicial Police emphasized the significance of enhancing enforcement effectiveness by detecting illegal activities at businesses that had previously gone unnoticed due to the limitations of visual surveillance, through drone flight filming and real-time monitoring via monitors installed in mobile vehicles.



Yang Seung-chan, Director of the Daejeon City Citizen Safety Office, stated, “The use of drones for enforcement has raised awareness among odor-causing businesses and has been evaluated as a factor that improved enforcement efficiency. Daejeon City will continue its efforts to protect citizens' health and create a safe residential environment through ongoing crackdowns and management of environmental pollution blind spots.”


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