Two Men in Their 30s Arrested and Sent to Prosecution for Drug Sales at Gangnam Club
Entertainment workers and drug dealers who sold drugs such as ecstasy and ketamine inside entertainment establishments in Gangnam, Seoul, were handed over to the prosecution.
Police are arresting an entertainment establishment worker for selling drugs inside a nightlife venue in Gangnam. Photo by Gangnam Police Station, Seoul
View original imageOn the 7th, the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul announced that they arrested entertainment worker A (31) and drug dealer B (30) on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act and sent them to detention the day before.
A is suspected of selling drugs by receiving money transfers from customers who reserved entertainment establishments and purchasing 2g of ketamine and 2 ecstasy pills from B to hand over.
The police searched A's vehicle and seized additional ketamine and ecstasy, and found 375g of ketamine worth about 90 million won at B's hideout located in Gangnam.
It was investigated that B contacted A via Telegram in the early morning of the 25th of last month, met in front of a club in Gangnam to sell drugs, and used ketamine in the club's restroom.
The police plan to expand the investigation by investigating the entertainment establishment operator where A worked for providing places for drug use and aiding and abetting, and additionally identifying entertainment staff who purchased drugs from A.
This crackdown is part of the "Special Measures to Eradicate Drug Crimes in Entertainment Districts such as Clubs" promoted by the National Police Agency, and is a case where information about selling drugs to customers inside entertainment establishments was confirmed and caught on site.
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Kim Dong-su, chief of the Gangnam Police Station, said, "The crackdown on drug offenders in clubs and entertainment establishments in Gangnam will not be a one-time event but will continue," and added, "We will respond with full force to eradicate the distribution and use of drugs in entertainment districts."
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