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South Korea Warned as Drug Crisis Country: Cocaine Seizures Surge 200-Fold in Two Years

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  1. Lawmaker Jeong Il-young, citing Korea Customs Service data, said cocaine seizures from January to August this year reached 2,302 kg, 200 times the amount two years ago.
  2. 99% of the cocaine came in by ship, and Jeong claimed that 2,296 kg was seized in June alone from vessels arriving from Peru and Ecuador.
  3. Jeong said he will focus on the enforcement capacity of the Korea Customs Service and weaknesses in customs clearance at ports and airports during the upcoming parliamentary audit.

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South Korea Warned as Drug Crisis Country: Cocaine Seizures Surge 200-Fold in Two Years

Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): 대한민국 마약 위기국 경고, 코카인 적발 2년 만에 200배 폭증

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