Drug offenses by foreigners tripled for the first time in five years...Thailand followed by Chinese = South Korea

It has been revealed that the number of foreigners caught selling or administering drugs in South Korea has nearly tripled over the past five years. As South Korea emerges as an emerging drug market in Asia, foreign drug dealers
There are indications that it has become a target for people. On the 4th, Jeon Bong-min, a member of the National Assembly's Administrative Safety Committee and member of the People's Power Committee, received a submission from the National Police Agency regarding the ``Foreign Drugs by Nationality'' report.
According to the Current Status of Arrests for Similar Crimes, the number of foreign drug offenders has nearly tripled from 597 in 2018 to 1,092 in 2019, 1,466 in 2020, 1,673 in 2021, and 1,757 in 2022.
increased. An average of five foreigners are arrested for drug offenses every day. This year, it was revealed that 1,487 people were arrested as of August, and the number of foreign drug offenders will increase even more than last year.
It is expected that Looking at foreign drug offenders by nationality, Thais, Chinese, and Vietnamese were the most common in that order. Of all foreign drug crimes committed in the past five years, 2,925 were Thais, or more than 40%.
occupied. The next most arrested drug offenders were Chinese, with 1,529 (23%) arrested over the past five years. Next, 791 (12%) drug offenders were Vietnamese nationals. especially,
In the case of Vietnamese drug offenders, the number has increased 12 times, from 29 in 2018 to 350 in 2022, making countermeasures urgently needed.
Foreign drug offenses account for over 11% of all drug offenses. If the police arrest 10 people for drug offenses, there will be fewer
It is estimated that one of them will be a foreigner. Since this year, the National Police Agency has been creating and managing statistics on the current state of arrests of foreign nationals by drug type, which has been managed on a case-by-case basis.
The number of foreigners arrested for selling drugs was 425, accounting for 12% of the total drug sales (3,605 people). Smuggling accounted for 18% and medication offenses accounted for 17%.
Congressman Jeon Bong-min said, ``Recently, foreign drug crimes such as drug smuggling, selling, and dispensing drugs have been increasing significantly.''
The police must proactively cooperate with related ministries and agencies, such as the Customs Agency (equivalent to Japan's customs) and the Ministry of Justice (equivalent to Japan's Ministry of Justice), to take fundamental measures to prevent drug crimes committed by foreigners from spreading further.
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