"Seems like water mixed with thinner"... Report filed
Owner: "Used empty bottles collected from recycling center"
Police conduct seizure and analyze contents

Yangju Police Station Signstone. Photo by Yonhap News TV

Yangju Police Station Signstone. Photo by Yonhap News TV

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Men who drank bottled water delivered from a Chinese restaurant vomited and were transported to the hospital.


According to the police and fire authorities, around 12:35 PM on the 19th, a report was received at a construction site in Deokgye-dong, Yangju-si, Gyeonggi Province, stating, "It seems that thinner was mixed in the 2ℓ bottled water." Among two workers who drank the bottled water delivered from the Chinese restaurant, a man in his 40s vomited and underwent examination at the hospital. A man in his 20s refused transportation. Both are reported to be in no life-threatening condition.



The police secured a statement from the restaurant owner saying, "They picked up and used empty bottles containing an unknown liquid from a recycling center," and are currently investigating the circumstances by conducting a search of the establishment and analyzing the components of the bottled water.


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