Seoul Serious Crime Investigation Agency Sends 'First Investigation' Southeast Asian Marijuana Smuggler to Prosecution

The Serious Crime Investigation Agency has transferred its first-ever drug suspect in custody to the Prosecution Service.

This marks the first case of a detained suspect being handed over to the Prosecution Service.

The Narcotics Investigation Bureau of the Seoul Serious Crime Investigation Agency announced that it transferred A, a national of a Southeast Asian country, in custody to the Incheon District Prosecutors' Office on the 23rd under charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act.

A is suspected of attempting to smuggle 2.5 kg of marijuana into the country by hiding it in international mail.

The Seoul Serious Crime Investigation Agency urgently arrested A through a controlled delivery method, which involves normally delivering drugs intercepted by customs to track down the actual importer.

Determining that the scale of the drug smuggling was large and that detention was necessary, the Serious Crime Investigation Agency applied for an arrest warrant for A to the Incheon District Prosecutors' Office on the 17th.

The Prosecution Service requested the warrant the following day, and the court issued the warrant the same day citing concerns over the destruction of evidence and flight.

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