One More Person Arrested in Connection with Police Officer's Fatal Fall at Drug Meeting

One more participant in the drug gathering involved in the police officer's fall death case has been additionally arrested.

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The Yongsan Police Station in Seoul announced on the 26th that Mr. A (38), who was part of the drug gathering when an active-duty police officer fell to his death in an apartment in Yongsan-gu last August, was arrested on charges of habitual drug use (violation of the Narcotics Control Act).

According to the police, Mr. A was confirmed to have a prior drug record even before the drug gathering at that time.

Judge Jeong In-jae, head of the warrant review at the Seoul Western District Court, conducted a pre-arrest suspect interrogation (warrant review) for Mr. A on the 24th and then issued an arrest warrant.

The police are investigating other attendees as well and are reviewing their custody measures.

The gathering became known after Officer A, affiliated with the Gangwon Provincial Police Agency, fell and died in an apartment in Yongsan-gu around 5 a.m. on August 27.

The police confirmed that at least 25 people, including Officer A, were gathered in the apartment at that time. Except for one foreigner who left for Hong Kong, the rest have been booked on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act, and the police are investigating the nature of the gathering and whether the attendees used drugs.

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