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piscin · Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Location: Seoul

Hi,

Just caught the end of an MDC newscast, where it looked like an Irish teacher was caught with drugs. I don't speak Korean well, so I'm not sure what they said exactly; anyone (who speaks Korean) see it?

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

Saw it.

Yep. An Irish teacher. Working in a Seoul elementary school. My wife can't really tell me the name of the drug he was allegedly caught with. I assume it's been heavily Konglished.

It's going to happen from time to time. I'm not against drug use but I think it's dumb to do it in a country with such unenlightened perceptions of drug use.

dangsangirl · Joined: 27 May 2006

Saw it too. It was pot my husband said. Couldn't understand it all myself. He's in big trouble. They also mentioned that this is a frequent occurence with foreign teachers, just for good measure at the end!

poet13 · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 5:34 am Post subject:

How much did they catch him with that he made the news? Distribution weight or posession?

dangsangirl · Joined: 27 May 2006

Can't remember numbers but not much I think. Not distribution weight anyway. They intercepted a package at customs.

piscin · Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Location: Seoul

Did they say his name???

dangsangirl · Joined: 27 May 2006

Nope, no name. You probably saw him hunched under a tweedy check jacket in the police station on the report. He was totally hidden. Feel sorry for him but not so smart if he knew that package was on its way.

Chicoloco · Joined: 18 Oct 2006 Location: In the ring.

I kind of feel sorry for the guy. But he has been here long enough to know the score.

Using drugs in Korea: Risky.
Importing drugs into Korea: Ballsy.
Getting said drugs sent to your elementary school: What can I say!!

He is going to be in hot water for what, 10 grams of hash?

Hope he got a chance to smoke it!

ED209 · Joined: 17 Oct 2006

Great! if I want to stitch any of you up I can just get someone to send you a few grams of Moroccan Twisted Evil

bosintang · Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:01 pm Post subject:

If he's guilty, what a moron. Getting drugs sent to Korea is a high-risk activity at the best of times, but getting them sent to your elementary school???

If you're going to get involved with extracurricular activities like this, DO NOT get a public school job where the government is always going to be keeping closer tabs on you than if you were in a hagwon, and where you are going to cause a lot more controversy when you get caught.

PS: OP, change the title and add 'drug bust'. The thread will get more attention.

Does anyone actually have a link to this story?

JeJuJitsu · Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Location: McDonald's

Darkness · Joined: 12 Oct 2006

What sort of sentence is he looking at?

dogbert · Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Location: Killbox 90210

http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/society/society_general/179094.html

lastat06513 · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:36 am Post subject:

No surprise.....

One of my friends (an American DoD worker) was just convicted of possessing and using marajuana off base, though due to SOFA regulation, he is not allowed in court and he can have his conviction overturned in an American court.

No matter what the laws say in your home country regarding drugs, a good rule of thumb is not to do it anywhere it is deemed illegal.
Fortunately he was not caught in China nor Malaysia, he could have ended up in a grave....

Darkness · Joined: 12 Oct 2006

So does anyone know how much time he is going to end up getting?

You get executed in China for drugs? holy shit....