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British national who smuggled ecstasy into Korea sentenced to nine years in prison

A British national who smuggled ecstasy into Korea by concealing it inside their body and later manufactured pills using the drug has been sentenced to nine years in prison, a court said on Tuesday.

2026.3.17

Police seize materials used to produce ecstasy from an apartment building in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang, on Sept. 4. Two British tourists in their 40s were arrested at the scene for allegedly smuggling the ingredients to manufacture and distribute the drug. [GYEONGNAM PROVINCIAL POLICE]

British couple indicted for manufacturing, attempting to distribute ecstasy in Korea

Two British nationals have been indicted on charges of manufacturing and attempting to distribute ecstasy in Korea after smuggling in raw ingredients, police said Tuesday.

2025.9.23

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Ketamine seized from a foreign drug syndicate member by Gwangjin Police Precinct in eastern Seoul [JOONGANG ILBO]

Police arrest foreigners in record bust of ketamine and ecstasy

Police arrested a German and a Polish national in a drug bust that nabbed 52 kilograms of ketamine and approximately 30 kilograms of ecstasy, marking the largest seizure of these substances by police to date.

2025.5.8

Chun Woo-won, grandson of the late former President Chun Doo Hwan, attends a 1980 Gwangju Uprising event in Gwangju on May 27. [YONHAP]

Late President Chun Doo Hwan's grandson indicted for drug use

The indictment by the Seoul Central District Court on Thursday comes six months after Chun's return to Seoul from New York, where he livestreamed explosive accusations against his own family on social media.

2023.9.21

Three suspects who allegedly used drugs at an apartment building in Yongsan District, central Seoul, where a police officer fell to his death on Aug. 27, are escorted from the Seoul Western District Court in Mapo District, western Seoul, on Monday after attending arrest warrant hearings. [NEWS1]

Police officer fell to death during drug-fueled birthday bash

The drug suspects at the apartment building in central Seoul where a police officer fell to his death last month were throwing a birthday party at the site.

2023.9.13

Meth traces found in all wastewater plants surveyed by gov't

Traces of methamphetamine, more commonly known as “philopon” in Korea, were found in every single wastewater treatment plant that was surveyed by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety across the nation over the past three years.

2023.6.8

Tongyeong Coast Guard in South Gyeongsang apprehends foreign nationals working as fishing boat crewmembers for alleged drug offenses.

Foreigners in southern coast towns busted for drugs

Drug crime is spreading among foreign nationals working along the southern coast of Korea, police say. Tongyeong Coast Guard apprehended some 15 Vietnamese nationals suspected of involvement in drug dealing and drug use.

2023.5.3

A drug dealer, right, approaches three women he met through an acquaintance to hand over marijuana on Feb. 27, 2022, in Gangseo District, western Seoul. [SEOUL METROPOLITAN POLICE AGENCY]

Two-year investigation leads to bust of 131 drug suspects, including minors

A web of 131 drug suspects, including 15 minors, has been handed over to prosecutors after an investigation of over two years, Seoul police announced Wednesday.

2023.4.26

Drugs, including meth and ecstasy, enough to supply up to 390,000 people were seized by the prosecution from September last year to March. [YONHAP]

Korea faces its own war on drugs as crimes and usage spike

Since a drink that was mixed with drugs including meth was recently passed off to students as an energy drink developed by a pharmaceutical company in the country’s most famous district for private cram schools, public awareness over rampant drug ...

2023.4.16

Yaba, a pill made of methamphetamine and caffeine, confiscated by prosecutors in Busan at Gimhae International Airpot in December last year. [BUSAN DISTRICT PROSECUTORS' OFFICE]

Drug smugglers try their luck at regional airports

More drug smugglers are coming to Korea under eased Covid flight restrictions. Two people in their thirties who arrived in Korea at Gimhae International Airport in South Gyeongsang on March 25 were found carrying drugs, according to the Busan...

2023.4.14