A gang of narcotics sales to more than 1,000 members while operating a group chat room on
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Telegram was caught.
When it was revealed that the people previously arrested on drug-related charges were of the same organization, the prosecution applied criminal group charges and sent them to trial.
Correspondent Choi Seon-gil.
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you open the safe, you see a pile of cash piled up.
It is the proceeds of crime that drug distribution organizations took from selling methamphetamine and marijuana.
About 20 people including Mr. A in his 20s, the general manager, have been selling drugs through Telegram since June last year.
About 1,100 people bought the drugs they sold, worth 140 million won.
They were being investigated or tried individually across the country for alleged violations of drug management, but as the prosecution and the police expanded their investigation, they all turned out to be the same organization.
[So Wan-sun / Incheon Police Agency Narcotics Crime Investigation Division: After arresting the general, this Telegram criminal organization is unusual.
Through the analysis of related cases together with the Incheon District Prosecutors' Office...
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Mr. A and others divided the work in detail and moved systematically.
In addition to drug procurement, advertising, and sales books by region, there are also separate accounts in charge of currency exchange for money laundering and withdrawals for cashing and distributing them.
The Telegram chat room, which only members can enter, is said to be the largest single drug store.
The Incheon District Prosecutor's Office was the first online drug distribution organization to apply and indict them on criminal gang charges.
This is a measure to increase the level of punishment and thoroughly recover the proceeds of crime.
Prosecutors confiscated and preserved 820 million won of proceeds from crimes, including drug sales.
(Video editing: Lee Seung-hee, VJ: Roh Jae-min)