"Shock" Former professional baseball player is a drug smuggler, and A, who is in charge of smuggling from Thailand, is arrested

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Shocking news was delivered to quiet off-season baseball fans. It was revealed that a former professional baseball player was involved in a drug smuggling organization from Thailand. It is known that he did not just work as a member of the organization, but as a chief, which is even more shocking.

According to Newsis and News 1, the Busan District Prosecutors' Office's violent crime investigation department announced on the 2nd that it has arrested a 33-year-old player from a professional baseball team and a 30-year-old program developer on charges of violating the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes.

According to the prosecution, A and B are suspected of smuggling about 1.9 kilograms (worth 100 million won) of ketamine, a drug, in Thailand three times between September and October last year as a joint chief of a drug organization.

Mr. A is also accused of administering methamphetamine once at a club in Thailand from December last year to January this year, so he is expected to face more severe judgment.

It is known that the transport ordered by the chief used blind spots to exchange drugs, such as toilets at airports. Taking advantage of the relatively negligent monitoring of customs and other family travelers with young children, he also instructed a carrier to "come abroad with your minor son, receive drugs, and then transport them."

Prosecutors arrested B, a smuggler from Thailand, at Gimhae Airport in October last year, and at that time, they had formed an investigation team with Busan City Hall and Busan Customs as similar types of drug smuggling cases were repeated across the country. The Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office arrested and charged C, the transportation, and D, another transportation, at the Incheon District Prosecutors' Office.

As a result of compiling the statements of C and D, it was confirmed that the type of drug, the method of concealment, and the name of the merchant ship's Telegram conversation were consistent with B, and furthermore, the prosecution identified the chief A through tracking and seizure of virtual currency wallets and confirming that he was a former professional baseball player.

The investigation team said they arrested A and others by using the Internet Protocol (IP) tracking as well as the "origin strike type international cooperation system (SOP)." This is to send our drug investigators to national investigative agencies that send major drugs to Korea so that international cooperation can take place in real time, and they also raided and searched as many as 300 places for the arrest of A and others.

Prosecutors also said they proved that it was a "relay smuggling" in which ketamine was exchanged in dozens of seconds through a closed-circuit video (CCTV) analysis of drug delivery sites at Incheon International Airport and Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand.

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