G-Dragon Appears at Police After Full-Body Hair Removal... Police Collect Fingernails for Detailed Analysis

G-Dragon "I Usually Remove Hair"
Police Suspect Attempt to Destroy Evidence

It was recently revealed that singer G-Dragon (real name Kwon Ji-yong, 35), who is accused of drug use, had shaved his entire body except for his hair at the time of the recent police investigation. The police suspect that Kwon may have attempted to destroy evidence ahead of the investigation.

According to legal sources on the 10th, Kwon, who is accused of drug charges under the Narcotics Control Act, voluntarily appeared at the Narcotics Crime Investigation Division of the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency on the 6th and underwent his first investigation. During the suspect interrogation, he complied with the police's urine collection, and a rapid reagent test conducted that day returned a negative result. Typically, the rapid reagent test shows a positive reaction if drugs were used within 5 to 10 days, but it is difficult to detect if the drug use occurred earlier.

At that time, the police attempted to collect additional samples of Kwon’s hair and other body hair to request a detailed analysis from the National Forensic Service. However, he had shaved most of his body hair except for his head hair. Kwon reportedly told the police that "he usually shaved regularly" and denied that he shaved specifically before the investigation.

Singer G-Dragon (Kwon Ji-yong), who is accused of drug use, is answering questions from the press as he appears at Incheon Nonhyeon Police Station on the afternoon of the 6th. 2023.11.6 [Image source=Yonhap News]

Ultimately, the police collected his hair along with his fingernails instead of other body hair and sent them to the National Forensic Service on the 7th. Fingernail analysis can detect drug use from about 5 to 6 months prior and can identify drugs such as methamphetamine or ecstasy. Hair analysis can confirm drug use within roughly a year depending on hair length, but frequent dyeing or bleaching, which is common in Kwon’s profession, can reduce the drug components detected.

There have been past cases where celebrities accused of drug offenses appeared for police investigations after shaving their body hair to destroy evidence.

In 2019, singer and actor Park Yoo-chun (37), who was arrested on drug use charges, had shaved most of his body hair when he first appeared before the police. Before the investigation, he even held a press conference to proclaim his innocence, stating, "I did not use drugs." Despite a positive methamphetamine result from the National Forensic Service’s detailed analysis after the first investigation, he made excuses such as "We are checking how methamphetamine entered my body."

Broadcaster Ha Il (American name Robert Harley, 61) also appeared before the police in 2018 for a drug case after dyeing his hair and shaving his entire body.

The police suspect that Kwon may have attempted to destroy evidence by removing body hair before the first investigation and are reportedly expanding the investigation to secure other evidence. Once the detailed analysis results from the National Forensic Service are available, the police plan to conduct supplementary investigations and summon Kwon again for questioning.

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