<Anchor> A
taxi driver reported that he had suffered an absurd situation due to a bag left behind by a passenger.
Even though he clearly said he would return the bag, he urged him to give him dozens of phone calls and text messages that would interfere with the operation, as well as rewards. Reporter Kim Sang-min reported why he was so urgently looking for the bag.
<Reporter> In the
early morning of today (31st), male and female passengers who seem close to each other will board a taxi.
Shortly after dropping them off in Gangnam, Seoul, a taxi driver called in an urgent voice.
[Male passenger: This is the person I just got on.
I left the clutch bag (handbag) down...
.
(I'm going
to pick you up, so
I'll drop you off and contact you.) Could you check if there's a bag first?] I
found the bag in the back seat and packed it, but this time, a female passenger who was riding with me called again to find it.
[Female passenger: Can't you please check (for bags) even if there are guests?] Even though I announced
that it was running, the rush continued,
[Male passenger: Where are you going?
Where are you going to your destination?] While
driving on the highway with long-distance passengers to Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do, the baptism of phone calls and text messages between these men and women lasted for nearly two hours.
[Taxi driver: I felt so bad.
Obviously, even though I told you to drop off the customer and contact you, I keep coming in this way (phones and texts)...
.]
After dropping off the Pyeongtaek guest, I will give you three times the taxi fare between Seoul and Pyeongtaek, so I beg you to hurry.
[Male passenger: I will give thanks, so please.
I'll give you 500,000 won.]
The taxi driver, who considered the two's behavior strange, headed to the police station, and in the bag came out a medication, syringe, methamphetamine, and 3g of powder that looked like heroin.
There was an urgent reason.
The police commissioned a national fruit tree to test ingredients, and applied for an arrest warrant for two men and women in their 40s and 30s for violating the Drug Control Act.
(Video editing: Wonhee Won)