2023-04-26 22:24:22
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Teenage drug offenders have tripled in the past four years.
This time, the police caught 130 drug offenders, including 15 minors.
Reporter Kim Se-young covered how easily they get drugs.
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A deserted alleyway in Gangnam, Seoul.
A man sitting in the driver’s seat pulls out a bag of white powder.
They handed over an amount of methamphetamine that might be administered to more than 60 people.
The man who was handed the drugs here was later found to have served or sold drugs to minors.
Kim Mo-yang, a minor who received drugs from a man.
Two years ago, when I was 16, a friend suggested taking meth.
At the time, it was just a curiosity, but soon following, he showed symptoms of addiction.
I met adult drug dealers I met on Facebook and administered methamphetamine several times over two months.
Police arrested 131 people in the process of tracking down the person who gave Kim drugs.
Among them, 15 were minors who received and used drugs.
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″I first came across methamphetamine through an adult drug offender I met through social media, a random chat app, school, or neighborhood friends I was close to, and met methamphetamine out of curiosity, but later became addicted… ″
The sales books that brought in drugs from Thailand mainly dealt with non-face-to-face, but it was revealed that they met directly with minors.
It was not a transaction for money, but they also gave out ‘free drugs’ as a kind of sales activity.
Supplying or administering drugs to minors is punishable by life imprisonment or imprisonment for a term of 5 years or more.
Among the 19 drug offenders arrested and sent by the police this time, one minor was also accused of habitual drug use and sale.
The police asked, “If you accidentally encounter drugs, do not hide them, but actively inform the police or the Korea Anti-Drug Campaign Headquarters for professional help.”
This is Kim Se-young from MBC News.
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