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Customs Officials Caught Helping Drug Cartels in Meth Smuggling

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Seoul Yeongdeungpo Police Station reported that four Incheon Airport customs officials have been booked as suspects.

The Yeongdeungpo Police Station in Seoul announced on the 22nd that four Incheon Airport customs officials, accused of assisting a multinational organization in smuggling a large amount of methamphetamine, were booked as suspects on the 21st.

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According to the police, the four Incheon Airport customs officials are suspected of assisting Malaysian drug cartel members in smuggling 24 kilograms (approximately 53 pounds) of methamphetamine into the country last January, allowing them to pass the inspection without undergoing quarantine procedures.

At that time, the cartel members entered the country with methamphetamine divided into 4 to 6 kilograms (approximately 8.8 to 13.2 pounds) hidden in their clothes and bodies.

The police have identified the involvement of customs officials through the statements of the arrested cartel members. They are investigating the four officials for colluding with the Malaysian and Korean drug cartels during the drug smuggling process.

The police seized basic data through two searches of the customs office and conducted on-site verification three times at Incheon Airport and once in the Myeongdong area of Seoul, where the Malaysian cartel members handed over the drugs to the Korean ringleader.

Including the 24 kilograms (approximately 53 pounds) of methamphetamine smuggled with the help of customs officials, three drug cartels composed of Koreans, Malaysians, and Chinese have been confirmed to have brought 74 kilograms (approximately 163 pounds) of methamphetamine into Korea from January to last month.

Police have arrested and detained 26 people, including cartel members and simple accomplices, and are currently tracking down the Korean ringleader.

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