South Korean police said on the 2nd that drug-related crimes in South Korea are on the rise. The police arrested more than 5,000 people involved in the case in the first half of this year, of which more than 40% were related to online drug crimes. According to various South Korean media reports, the South Korean police launched a special crackdown on drug-related crimes from March to June this year. In the first half of the year, 5,203 drug-related personnel were arrested. The police arrested 1,039 of them. The number of arrests increased 7.8% over the same period last year. South Korean police said that among those arrested, those involved in drugs used the Internet to commit related crimes accounted for 41.9%, an increase of 5.1 percentage points over the same period last year; those engaged in drug manufacture, smuggling and sales accounted for 39.2%, an increase of 2.8 percentage points over the same period last year. In this special crackdown, the police recovered a total of 3.84 billion won of criminal proceeds. The South Korean police said that they will launch a special crackdown on drug-related crimes in the second half of the year from the 3rd of this month to the end of December, focusing on strengthening investigations into online drug-related crimes and drug-related crimes by foreigners. To this end, the police will set up a special investigation team to investigate the criminal act of drug trading through social media platforms such as “Telegram” and virtual assets.

South Korean police said on the 2nd that drug-related crimes in South Korea are on the rise. The police arrested more than 5,000 people involved in the case in the first half of this year, of which more than 40% were related to online drug crimes. According to various South Korean media reports, the South Korean police launched a special crackdown on drug-related crimes from March to June this year. In the first half of the year, 5,203 drug-related personnel were arrested. The police arrested 1,039 of them. The number of arrests increased 7.8% over the same period last year. South Korean police said that among those arrested, those involved in drugs used the Internet to commit related crimes accounted for 41.9%, an increase of 5.1 percentage points over the same period last year; those engaged in drug manufacture, smuggling and sales accounted for 39.2%, an increase of 2.8 percentage points over the same period last year. In this special crackdown, the police recovered a total of 3.84 billion won of criminal proceeds. The South Korean police said that they will launch a special crackdown on drug-related crimes in the second half of the year from the 3rd of this month to the end of December, focusing on strengthening investigations into online drug-related crimes and drug-related crimes by foreigners. To this end, the police will set up a special investigation team to investigate the criminal act of drug trading through social media platforms such as “Telegram” and virtual assets.