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Koreans buy anti-drug-test drug in China
A drug capable of concealing narcotics is being widely circulated in Northeastern China, putting law enforcement authorities here on high alert.
Cable news channel YTN reported Monday that a growing number of Koreans travel to Jilin and China’s other northeastern provinces to take illicit drugs.
It said drug users buy and take the “mysterious” drug, which can make narcotics substances in the bloodstream undetectable in drug tests currently used here.
A drug addict named Lee told YTN that he took the drug in China and after returning home, he was tested by the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office and the National Forensic Service but was cleared.
“They took samples of my hair for narcotics tests. I was screened twice. But I tested negative even though I had taken illicit drugs. It is because of the unknown drug I took in China, along with the narcotics,” Lee told the news channel.
He said the mysterious drug is easily purchased from Chinese dealers and that many Korean drug users visit the mainland for their fix.