Police Find Dozens of Syringes While Responding to Dating Violence Report, Arrest Woman on Drug Charges
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- Police in Suwon, South Korea, booked a woman in her 30s on suspicion of injecting methamphetamine after finding more than 40 disposable syringes at her home.
- The woman had called police to report an argument with her boyfriend, and preliminary tests of her urine and syringe residue reportedly returned positive for methamphetamine.
- Investigators plan to seek forensic analysis and examine how she allegedly obtained the drug.
A call about a dispute with a boyfriend led police in Suwon to a suspected methamphetamine investigation after officers found more than 40 disposable syringes in a woman’s home.
The woman, identified only as A, had reported dating violence. Officers from the Suwon Yeongtong Police Station went to her residence in Maetan-dong at about 1 a.m. while responding to the report.
During their search of the residence, police found syringes believed to have been used to inject drugs. They took A to the station for questioning and later booked her on suspicion of violating South Korea’s Narcotics Control Act.
Police said A indicated during questioning that she had injected methamphetamine. Preliminary tests of her urine and residue left in the syringes both reportedly produced positive results for methamphetamine. Investigators plan to send the samples and syringes to the National Forensic Service for detailed testing, while examining the alleged route through which she obtained the drug.
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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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