People in their 20s who mixed "drug" with sauce and fed it to their friends

A man in his 20s who secretly fed his friends by mixing spices with drugs purchased on the Internet was sentenced to probation. The Gwangju District Court's Criminal Division 11 (Chief Judge Park Hyun-soo) announced on the 7th that it has sentenced A (27), who was handed over to trial for violating the Narcotics Control Act, to two years in prison and three years of probation. In addition, he ordered a fine of 400,000 won and a 40-hour drug lecture. Mr. A is accused of secretly purchasing drugs on the Internet, inhaling them, and deceiving his acquaintance as if he were a marinade.

In October 2021, Mr. A purchased drugs through the so-called "throwing method" from a vendor he learned by searching for drugs on an online portal. He hid 400,000 won in cash on the floor of an outdoor unit of an air conditioner at a church in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju, and administered drugs under an outdoor unit of an air conditioner in a nearby studio.

At that time, under the outdoor unit were plastic containers with drugs and containers with Sriracha sauce. The sauce was also mixed with drugs.

A took this medicine several times between May and June last year. It was also revealed that three acquaintances who returned home around June 12th were given Sriracha sauce mixed with drugs and sprayed on snacks. The court said, "Drug crimes not only devastate individuals' bodies and minds with hallucinations and addiction, but also harm the health of the people and negatively affect society as a whole." "The defendant pleaded guilty in light of the circumstances of the crime, such as secretly taking drugs and smoking cigarettes to acquaintances," he said. "However, he decided to punish the first offender without a criminal history and turning himself in to an investigative agency."

Date: 2023-03-31

Reporter: 정새울