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Putting the high in highway? Police bust meth network using intercity bus baggage services to ship drugs nationwide.

Police say the ring sent methamphetamine through bus terminals across Korea, with 10 people apprehended and drugs seized.

2026.8.19

A drug-sniffing dog conducts detection activities during a campaign to curb drug smuggling at Incheon International Airport on Dec. 22, 2025. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Two foreign models sentenced to 11 years for drug smuggling attempt

Two foreign male models were sentenced to 11 years in prison each by a Korean court for attempting to smuggle a large quantity of methamphetamine into Korea, legal sources said Sunday.

2026.2.1

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U.S. Forces Korea's Camp Humphreys, based in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, seen on Aug. 26 [YONHAP]

Top court confirms 6-year prison term for U.S. military worker in meth smuggling case

The Supreme Court has confirmed a six-year prison term for a U.S. military employee in Korea for smuggling nearly 7 kilograms (15 pounds) of methamphetamine into the country via U.S. military mail, legal sources said Friday.

2025.12.12

A pistol and ammunition carried by a Cameroonian suspect, identified as the head of an overseas distribution ring, who was apprehended by Thai authorities on Sept. 30. [ANDONG DONGAN POLICE PRECINCT]

Cameroonian kingpin, 12 others busted by Korean, Thai police for operating meth ring

A Cameroonian national who sent 36 kilograms (79 lbs) of methamphetamine to Korea was arrested through cooperation between the Korean National Police Agency and the Thai Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB).

2025.11.12

Police found hidden methamphetamine stashes concealed using the “throwing” method in the Mount Dodeok area of Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi. [SEOUL METROPOLITAN POLICE]

Police arrest 122 people for allegedly distributing, using meth

Seoul police have arrested 122 people, most of them ethnic Koreans of Chinese nationality, for allegedly distributing and using methamphetamine supplied by a China-based ringleader, officials said on Tuesday.

2025.11.11

Cars drive on the Gyeongbu Expressway near Jamwon Interchange in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Aug. 17, in this photo unrelated to the story. [NEWS1]

'Highway' takes on new meaning after patrol officer dismissed for on-duty meth use

A highway patrol officer spent three months driving the nation’s expressways high on methamphetamine, issuing tickets and handling crashes before the Korea Expressway Corporation (KEC) dismissed him, according to data released Wednesday.

2025.9.10

Pictured are body lotion containers used to conceal methamphetamine by a smuggling ring accused of bringing large quantities of the drug into Korea. The container features a double-layered structure, making it indistinguishable from regular products to the naked eye. [PYEONGTAEK POLICE PRECINCT]

Pyeongtaek police arrest seven in multinational meth seizure

Authorities arrested members of a multinational drug smuggling ring that concealed methamphetamine inside specially manufactured body lotion containers and smuggled the narcotics into Korea.

2025.5.29

Police raid a club in Paldal District, Suwon, Gyeonggi, primarily frequented by Vietnamese nationals, on Sunday following reports of alleged drug use at the venue. [GYEONGGI NAMBU PROVINCIAL POLICE]

A dozen foreigners detained in Suwon club drug bust

Dozens of foreigners, including those with expired visas, were apprehended at a club frequented primarily by Vietnamese nationals for allegedly using drugs. The Suwon Seobu Police Precinct and the Suwon Immigration Office on Monday announced that...

2024.12.2

A 38-year-old Chinese national who supplied ingredients of methamphetamine to producers who manufactured spiked drinks is handcuffed and photographed by Cambodian police authority. [NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE]

Authorities arrest meth supplier in Cambodia involved with Gangnam drugged drinks

Korea's top spy agency and Cambodian police announced Friday that they arrested a Chinese drug supplier who provided methamphetamine to the producers of spiked drinks that fooled underage students in southern Seoul last year.

2024.4.19

Police nab four alleged drug distributors in Itaewon, central Seoul, in April. The alleged drug suspects came to Korea in September last year after the Singaporean authorities went after them for selling drugs in Singapore. [SEOUL METROPOLITAN POLICE AGENCY]

Police nab Singaporean, others for shipping drugs to Southeast Asia

Police on Thursday announced that they have apprehended several foreigners residing in Korea on suspicion of distributing and selling drugs to Southeast Asian countries.

2023.12.14