He was found to own cryptocurrency worth approximately 100 million won (S$102,000). Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEOUL - The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said on Friday it has indicted four people for growing cannabis at home and selling it.
One of them, a 37-year-old man surnamed Park, cultivated cannabis in his apartment where he lived with his pregnant wife, officials said.The first duo - Park and his friend Jung, 38 - allegedly sold marijuana grown in their respective apartments located in Gimhae, a city in South Gyeongsang more than 300km south of capital Seoul, from May 2022 to February this year.
Park’s wife, who was pregnant at the time, was living with Park in the apartment where the plants were cultivated. Park has not been indicted for personal consumption of cannabis and is not alleged to have endangered the unborn child.They were in possession of cryptocurrency worth approximately 100 million won , which prosecutors suspect were profits from their illegal business.
The second pair of two 26-year-olds were accused of running a cannabis lab in a store disguised as a fashion business in central Seoul from December 2021 to January this year. The pair, identified by their surnames Kwon and Park, brought to the unit equipment needed to cultivate and liquefy cannabis after lying to their landlord about the nature of the business. The lab was located in the basement of a villa, a type of multiplex home in South Korea.In South Korea, while there are some pharmaceutical exceptions, cannabis cultivation and recreational use remains strictly forbidden under the law.
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