Chinese man caught drug dealing, possessing 150 million won of meth

Police found 150 million won of methamphetamine at the alleged drug dealer's house. Gettyimagesbank

By Lee Gyu-lee

A Chinese man has been nabbed allegedly distributing illicit drugs in Ansan, west Gyeonggi Province, according to police and media reports, Thursday.

Police said the suspect, surnamed Kim, 29, allegedly had been selling methamphetamine.

He obtained the drugs from locations given by another dealer in China through the Chinese messenger app WeChat. Kim sold the drugs in Korea by hiding them in public areas such as mailboxes and gas pipes. Buyers were informed of the locations after paying for the drugs.

Police said they found 389 grams of methamphetamine, worth about 150 million won, at Kim's house.

Kim used phones and cars registered in the names of others to avoid getting caught. But police found him after they arrested a dealer who sold drugs he bought from Kim.