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A large number of people who smoked or sold marijuana were caught by the prosecution.
It included the son of a third-generation conglomerate, a celebrity, and a former police chief.
It turns out that they have been secretly distributing marijuana by creating their own network after encountering hemp while studying abroad.
This is Reporter Kang Chung-wan.
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a tangerine field in Jeju Island, when prosecutors made their way through a tangerine tree, a plant with pointed leaves appeared.
It is the hemp tree that is the raw material of cannabis.
In the house, there is even a drying facility using a fan.
The prosecution found it while searching the house of Ahn, a singer in a three-member band.
Prosecutors have been investigating cannabis distribution masters since September of last year, and found 20 people, including Ahn, the third generation of chaebols in their 30s and 40s, the son of a former police chief, and people in the entertainment industry.
Among them, Hong Mo, the grandson of the founder of Namyang Dairy Products, who was caught trading hemp in a hotel parking lot in Seoul, acted as a supplier.
After Hong bought liquid hemp, he sold it to Kim, the son of a former police commissioner, and Jo, the grandson of the founder of Hyosung Group.
[Shin Joon-ho/Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office, Head of Violent Crime Investigation Department: Some conglomerates, middle-sized companies 2nd and 3rd generation, children of former high-ranking officials, businessmen, international students, and entertainment workers have their own supply lines and secretly distribute and smoke hemp. Reveal the whole picture (Strict.)]
They mostly became acquainted with each other and encountered hemp while studying abroad, and it was revealed that Mr. Lee, the son of the chairman of a mid-sized construction company, went on a prenatal trip with his pregnant wife and smoked hemp.
Prosecutors arrested 10 people, handed over 7 people to trial without detention, and wanted 3 people who fled to other countries, including the grandson of the founder of Hanil Synthetic Fiber.
(Video coverage: Seol Min-hwan, Video editing: Park Ki-duk)