Taxi Driver Files False 'Stolen Cab' Report, Ends Up Booked for Drugged Driving

A 50-something taxi driver who called the police to report his parked taxi missing, believing it was stolen, has been booked on charges of driving under the influence of drugs.

The Bucheon Ojeong Police Station in Gyeonggi Province announced that it is investigating a man in his 50s, designated as A, without detention under the Road Traffic Act for drugged driving.

At around 5:30 a.m. on September 30, A called 112 to report that his taxi, which he had parked in Ojeong-gu, Bucheon, had disappeared.

Police checked nearby closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage and found the taxi in a residential area about 1 kilometer away from where it was reported missing.

Investigations revealed that A had parked the taxi at that location around 6:30 p.m. the previous day, September 29.

However, when the taxi was not where he thought it would be the next day, he mistakenly reported it as stolen.

Police accompanied A voluntarily based on statements that he could not remember driving the taxi and that he had taken sleeping pills.

Authorities subsequently requested the National Forensic Service to analyze the components of the pills submitted by A.

A police official stated, "We plan to verify the components of the drug and investigate whether he drove after taking substances prohibited while operating a vehicle."
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