He allegedly has a reference to Yoo Ah In’s case.
The police have taken motion to find the whereabouts of actor Yoo Ah In‘s acquaintance, who’s going through allegations associated to unlawful drug use.
The particular person in query, named A, is a person in his 40s who’s a style model CEO.
Based on the police, on September 18, the Seoul Nationwide Police Company’s Drug Crime Investigation Unit utilized for a pre-trial detention warrant for A, who’s suspected of fleeing, destroying proof, and violating the Drug Management Act by utilizing narcotics. It’s mentioned that A has a reference to Yoo Ah In’s unlawful drug case.
A is suspected of transferring ₩13.0 million KRW (about $9,830 USD) to a YouTuber named B, who’s carefully related to Yoo Ah In, 3 times from the day of B’s departure abroad in April till the top of the month. This cash is presumed to have been used to buy B’s aircraft ticket and canopy the bills required for his keep overseas.
Along with these fees, A has additionally been accused of deleting textual content messages with people below investigation and illegally buying a sedative referred to as zolpidem below another person’s title.
A police official said that they might proceed to research individuals who flee and destroy proof.
We’ll proceed to totally examine unlawful actions that hinder the official train of the state’s investigative and judicial authority, akin to fleeing the scene and destroying proof, in addition to drug misuse.
— A police official
On the identical day, it was introduced that prosecutors formally re-applied for an arrest warrant for Yoo Ah In. It was revealed in February that the actor was being investigated for drug use, and since then, he has examined optimistic for seven medicine. It was additionally reported that he abused medicine as much as round 200 occasions, spending a complete of ₩500 million KRW (about $378,000 USD) price of propofol.