Suspicious Behavior Triggers Alarm in Mok-dong Apartment Complex

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A man in his 20s has been arrested in Seoul for stealing items from a convenience store while under the influence of drugs. It turned out that the suspect was a drug courier who had dropped off narcotics at multiple locations within a Mok-dong apartment complex.

This exclusive report comes from reporter Kim Gyu-ri.

[Reporter]

A convenience store in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, on October 18.

A man wandering around the store with his head bobbing takes something out of his pocket, mixes it into a drink, and drinks it before his body begins to tremble.

Moments later, the man heads back toward the shelves.

This time, while attempting to steal a mobile phone charger, he is caught red-handed and arrested by police following a report from a convenience store employee.

[Convenience Store Owner: He kept wandering around the store, pacing back and forth, and his eyes looked glazed over. He just did not seem normal.]

However, while searching the belongings of the man, identified as Mr. A in his 20s, police discovered a large quantity of methamphetamine.

A preliminary drug screening test also returned positive results for both marijuana and methamphetamine.

Police investigations revealed that Mr. A served as a so-called drop courier responsible for delivery in the drug distribution chain.

Investigations showed that Mr. A stopped by the convenience store to mix and drink methamphetamine after delivering the drugs.

Furthermore, the location where Mr. A delivered and concealed the drugs was a nearby large-scale apartment complex in Mok-dong.

This is a massive residential complex housing hundreds of households.

Mr. A hid the drugs in various spots around the apartment complex where residents frequently walk by in their daily lives.

[Apartment Resident: It is alarming. You think to yourself, how could something like that happen right here? I have a grandson and a granddaughter, and if something like that goes on, it is a huge problem.]

Given that all the drugs Mr. A hid around the complex have disappeared, police believe that buyers have already retrieved them.

Police have sent Mr. A to prosecutors under detention while tracking down the identities of the individuals who took the drugs that he delivered to the apartment complex.

(Camera: Lee Sang-hak, Video Editing: Ahn Ye-jin)
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