"Doll Mask Handing Out 'Drug Candy'" Causes Stir... What Happened in Hongdae for Halloween

A report that someone received "drug candy" on the streets of Hongdae in Mapo-gu, Seoul, on Halloween yesterday (October 31) turned out to be false.

Yesterday evening, police were dispatched after receiving a report stating that "a man wearing a character doll mask from a famous foreign language learning app is handing out candy suspected of containing drugs in Hongdae," but it was determined to be a false alarm.

According to police investigations, no narcotics or illegal substances were detected in the candy distributed by the man, and no criminal charges were found.

The actual report was filed after accounts spread on social media (SNS) claiming that people experienced abnormal symptoms after eating the candy handed out by the man, but the incident concluded as a mere happenstance.

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