<Anchor> There are some
great firefighters like this, and there are firefighters caught by police in downtown Seoul.
The police went to the scene when there was a report of a man trembling and staggering, and an incumbent firefighter was drunk on drugs.
Reporter Ha Jeong-yeon covered it alone.
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A residential area in Yongsan-gu, Seoul.
On the afternoon of the 14th, the last day of the Lunar New Year holidays, a report was received by 112 that a man was trembling near the bus stop opposite the apartment complex.
When the police dispatched to the scene investigated, the man was intoxicated.
Mr. A, a man in his 40s, mildly accused him of taking methamphetamine three or four times since the end of last year.
The police immediately conducted a liver test for drugs, and it tested positive.
During the investigation, it was also confirmed that Mr. A was an active firefighter, a fire officer.
It was also working at a fire school, which was responsible for the education and training of firefighters.
Mr. A, who is being investigated in a state of disability, was reported to have contacted the fire school yesterday and told him that he would be unable to go to work for the time being.
[Gyeonggi-do Fire & Disaster Headquarters Officer: This employee called the fire school and told us about that situation.
It's a bit difficult to go to work, so talk...
.] As
of today, the Gyeonggi Fire & Disaster Headquarters announced that it will lift Mr. A from his position and decide whether to discipline him as soon as the police investigation results come out.
(Video coverage: Kang Dong-cheol, Video editing: Kim Jong-woo, VJ: Noh Jae-min)