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boyne11
Joined: 08 Jul 2007
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Update on Korean News:
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2880181
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English teachers arrested on drug charges
September 06, 2007
Police are investigating 23 people, most of them foreigners who teach English here, for smoking marijuana and trafficking in the drug, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced yesterday.
The police detained three on trafficking charges: two Canadians, 28 and 30, and a Ghanaian, 34. They could be sentenced to 5 or more years in prison if convicted.
In addition, the police booked three Britons, five Canadians, 13 Americans and one Korean. The maximum penalty is a fine and 5 years in prison.
All 23, except for the Korean and the Ghanaian, are English instructors at hagwon, elementary schools or universities. The Korean is a girlfriend of one of the teachers.
�Some of the teachers were intoxicated while teaching students,� said Lim Chang-muk, an inspector at the agency. �Officially they made about 2 million won at schools, but they made as much as four times more outside of their regular jobs, which violates their E-2 visa guidelines.�
With an E-2 visa, foreigners can only work at the organization that sponsored them. Most of the foreign suspects hold an E-2 visa.
The suspects obtained marijuana and hashish from suppliers introduced through their colleagues, police said.
The police said they confiscated 620 grams (1.4 pounds) of marijuana worth 13 million won ($13,860) and 0.7 gram of hashish.
By Hwang Young-jin Staff Writer[[email protected]] |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| boyne11 wrote: |
Update on Korean News:
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2880181
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English teachers arrested on drug charges
September 06, 2007
Police are investigating 23 people, most of them foreigners who teach English here, for smoking marijuana and trafficking in the drug, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced yesterday.
The police detained three on trafficking charges: two Canadians, 28 and 30, and a Ghanaian, 34. They could be sentenced to 5 or more years in prison if convicted.
In addition, the police booked three Britons, five Canadians, 13 Americans and one Korean. The maximum penalty is a fine and 5 years in prison.
All 23, except for the Korean and the Ghanaian, are English instructors at hagwon, elementary schools or universities. The Korean is a girlfriend of one of the teachers.
�Some of the teachers were intoxicated while teaching students,� said Lim Chang-muk, an inspector at the agency. �Officially they made about 2 million won at schools, but they made as much as four times more outside of their regular jobs, which violates their E-2 visa guidelines.�
With an E-2 visa, foreigners can only work at the organization that sponsored them. Most of the foreign suspects hold an E-2 visa.
The suspects obtained marijuana and hashish from suppliers introduced through their colleagues, police said.
The police said they confiscated 620 grams (1.4 pounds) of marijuana worth 13 million won ($13,860) and 0.7 gram of hashish.
By Hwang Young-jin Staff Writer[[email protected]] |
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Haha good. If you're still getting high at work in your late 20's or older, you pretty much get what you deserve. Unless you're a rock star or Tommy Chong, but some of them aren't very f'in bright either. |
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kentucker4
Joined: 03 Sep 2007
Location: Georgia
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Yea, someone smokes weed, so that merits five years of jail time. Who gives a rat's ass if someone wants to smoke. Alcohol causes a lot more problems and no one seems to condone it. I still drink alot, but this is a fact. |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Yea, someone smokes weed, so that merits five years of jail time. Who gives a rat's ass if someone wants to smoke. |
Apparently, the Seoul Metropolitan Police do.
And it's not the smoking that they're in deep dookie over, it's the trafficking. |
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kentucker4
Joined: 03 Sep 2007
Location: Georgia
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Yea, someone smokes weed, so that merits five years of jail time. Who gives a rat's ass if someone wants to smoke. |
Apparently, the Seoul Metropolitan Police do.
And it's not the smoking that they're in deep dookie over, it's the trafficking. |
Note to self...don't mess with pot in South Korea. |
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merkurix
Joined: 21 Dec 2006
Location: Not far from the deep end.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Having one-and-a-half pounds of pot is just asking for it. If they are only getting 5 years, I think they are getting off easier than they would for trafficking in the U.S. |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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The police said they confiscated 620 grams (1.4 pounds) of marijuana worth 13 million won ($13,860) and 0.7 gram of hashish.
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Damn, weed costs that much here? No wonder people are tempted to sell it. Mucho dinero.
I hear (ahem) that a pound of really good shit costs about a grand in Boston. |
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migooknom
Joined: 10 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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| boyne11 wrote: |
The police said they confiscated 620 grams (1.4 pounds) of marijuana worth 13 million won ($13,860) and 0.7 gram of hashish.
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Damn, weed costs that much here? No wonder people are tempted to sell it. Mucho dinero.
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It must be some of that good sh!t. That's like $200 a G, which is ridiculous even for korea prices. |
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pounamu
Joined: 19 Jul 2007
Location: Sangbong
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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| People who use drugs are losers. I hope they are convicted and get the maximum sentence. |
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endo
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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| djsmnc wrote: |
| boyne11 wrote: |
Update on Korean News:
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2880181
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English teachers arrested on drug charges
September 06, 2007
Police are investigating 23 people, most of them foreigners who teach English here, for smoking marijuana and trafficking in the drug, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced yesterday.
The police detained three on trafficking charges: two Canadians, 28 and 30, and a Ghanaian, 34. They could be sentenced to 5 or more years in prison if convicted.
In addition, the police booked three Britons, five Canadians, 13 Americans and one Korean. The maximum penalty is a fine and 5 years in prison.
All 23, except for the Korean and the Ghanaian, are English instructors at hagwon, elementary schools or universities. The Korean is a girlfriend of one of the teachers.
�Some of the teachers were intoxicated while teaching students,� said Lim Chang-muk, an inspector at the agency. �Officially they made about 2 million won at schools, but they made as much as four times more outside of their regular jobs, which violates their E-2 visa guidelines.�
With an E-2 visa, foreigners can only work at the organization that sponsored them. Most of the foreign suspects hold an E-2 visa.
The suspects obtained marijuana and hashish from suppliers introduced through their colleagues, police said.
The police said they confiscated 620 grams (1.4 pounds) of marijuana worth 13 million won ($13,860) and 0.7 gram of hashish.
By Hwang Young-jin Staff Writer[[email protected]] |
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Haha good. If you're still getting high at work in your late 20's or older, you pretty much get what you deserve. Unless you're a rock star or Tommy Chong, but some of them aren't very f'in bright either. |
I would like the see evidence that they were smoking before classes. I just don't trust the police on this story. |
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Alias
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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The police said they confiscated 620 grams (1.4 pounds) of marijuana worth 13 million won ($13,860) and 0.7 gram of hashish.
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What a ripoff!  |
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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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| People who have no idea of how to think are losers. I hope they are convicted and get the maximum sentence. |
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endo
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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| People who have no idea of how to think are losers. I hope they are convicted and get the maximum sentence. |
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Well they're idiots for doing what they did.
But come on do you seriously support a maximum sentence (or any sentence at all) for people smoking herb?
If you look at it from a moral perspective it's just wrong.
Yeah the teachers arrested were stupid, but I'm not about to join the mob is calling for justice on a law which I strongly feel is unjust.
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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| People who use drugs are losers. I hope they are convicted and get the maximum sentence. |
You are one of the few people that D.A.R.E. got through to. Congratulations for letting the government think for you.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hMfWMS9zgAo |
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traxxe
Joined: 21 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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1.4 Pounds cost nowhere near 13,000. I truly hope the police and the legal system realizes that.
For some really good 'dro in Texas you can skate through a QP (1/4 a pound) around 1k. Sometimes if it is something that comes around once in a blue moon like Strawberry Cough, Blueberry, Chronic, White Widow, White Rhino, etc.... you might pay 1200 for a QP.
Once you get to the 1 Pound range you get a bigger price cut and it should be 3500 or under. That's more negotiable and depends on the connection.
And this is for the top of the line stuff. (Not NYC Sour Diesel mind you, that's just too much cost and only from cloned plants so harder to come by)
While I hear marijuana is expensive and I wouldn't indulge in it in Korea. Though prices are bullshit. Just poor inexperienced journalism. You're getting into low end kilo prices there. Though I'm sure snowmen in Korea are few and far between. |
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