Kim Sun Woo and Lee Kang Woon (Source: anninhthudo.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam handed over two wantedKorean men to police of the Republic of Korea (RoK) at Hanoi’s Noi BaiInternational Airport on January 24.
They are Kim Sun Woo, 21, and Lee Kang Woon, 25, who werewanted by RoK police in connection with the illegal transportation andtrafficking of marijuana, one of the most abuseddrugs in the world.
According to RoK police, Lee and hisaccomplices regularly traded marijuana illegally through social networks.
Lee received about 400g of marijuana inHanoi on September 12, 2017, which was hidden in tea bags to be brought to theRoK. With the same trick, he transported another 8.7kg of marijuana from NoiBai International Airport to the RoK on October 25, 2017.
Investigations of Hanoi’s Dong Da Policerevealed that Lee stayed at his Korean friends’ houses in Vietnam as a touristand organised drug trafficking. He met Kim in Vietnam, who had been sentencedto one year in prison for his illegal drug use.
When he was in Vietnam, Kim worked as alink to transport marijuana from Vietnam to the RoK.
The men were arrested on December 21,2017 in Ngoc Lam ward, Long Bien district, Hanoi.
While receiving the men, Pack Won Beak fromthe RoK Ministry of Justice lauded the cooperation of Hanoi Police and other agenciesof the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security.
He said both Kim and Lee are related toa big online drug ring in the RoK and have faced criminal proceedings sinceDecember 2017.-VNA
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