Methamphetamine seized from MalaysiansThis photo, taken on Jan. 29, 2019, shows seized plastic pouches containing methamphetamine at a district prosecutors’ office in the city of Incheon, west of Seoul. Prosecutors said the same day they have arrested and indicted eight Malaysians on charges of attempting to smuggle 13.3 kilograms of methamphetamine, worth 44 billion won (US$39.4 million), into South Korea. (Yonhap)
A 32-year-old unemployed university graduate chose to run a drug lab rather than to find a job to make a living. However, his sweet dream did not last long as his underground business was uncovered by police about ten months later.
The man surnamed Hwang was arrested for manufacturing and selling 500 grams (17 ounces) of meth worth 1.6 billion won (1.4 million US dollars) from cold medicine, commonly found in drug stores, at his lab in Itaewon, a famous traveling spot in Seoul.
Hwang, an art university graduate, gave up his furniture workshop to go for a more profitable underground business in May last year by self-educating himself to make methamphetamine commonly known as ice from the scratch. He used a simple method by mixing the cold medicine and chemicals to produce pseudoephedrine, the basic material for ice. [Aju Daily]
