Disturbance After Methamphetamine Use... Police Arrest Man in His 40s at the Scene

Purchased via SNS and Injected at Lodging Facility
Methamphetamine and Syringe Recovered at the Scene

The police arrested a man in his 40s on the spot for drug use after receiving a report of a guest causing a disturbance at a lodging facility in Gwangju. It was revealed that the man had purchased methamphetamine through social media.

The Gwangju Seobu Police Station announced on July 17 that they had detained a man in his 40s, identified as A, on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act the previous day.

Gwangju Seobu Police Station.

A is suspected of injecting methamphetamine at a lodging facility in Hwajeong-dong, Seo-gu, Gwangju, around 3 a.m. on July 13. According to the police, A purchased methamphetamine through social media (SNS) and injected it using a disposable syringe.

The fact that A had used drugs came to light after the owner of the lodging facility filed a report. The owner informed the police that "the guest broke some items," and when the police arrived, they found A causing a disturbance at the scene. The police conducted a rapid drug test on A, which returned a positive result for methamphetamine, leading to his arrest at the scene.

The police recovered the syringe used by A and a portion of the remaining methamphetamine at the scene. They are currently investigating the circumstances of the incident involving A and are also continuing their investigation into the supplier and other upstream sources of the drugs.