A huge amount of cocaine, a drug with a market value of over 100 billion won, was detected on a Liberian ship anchored in Busan. Scorpion-patterned packaging has also been found, which is a clue that we are investigating a link with Colombian drug organizations.
Reporter Jeon Byung-nam on the report.
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A container ship anchored in Busan New Port.
The maritime police, who obtained the drug smuggling intelligence, present a warrant for seizure and search.
[(압수수색) 영장입니다. 대한민국 영장이라고요.]
The search started right away.
[(압수수색 장소는) 선원들의 침실이죠. 선원들에 대한 신체·의복·선원들의 소지품 일체.]
Paper boxes poured out, and all that was inside was cocaine.
The Coast Guard confiscated 35kg of cocaine, worth 15 billion won in market value, from a Liberian container ship that departed from Colombia and entered port via Panama.
This is an amount that can be administered by 1 million people at the same time.
The boxes were wrapped in scorpion-patterned wrapping paper, and the coast guard is investigating the smuggling process as it is believed to be a pattern used by Colombian drug organizations.
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White smoke emanates constantly.
Firefighters enter the interior and start extinguishing work.
Today (6th) around 2:30 am, an unknown fire broke out on the 3rd floor of a commercial housing building in Daerim-dong, Seoul.
The fire killed a man in his 70s, and six residents were evacuated.
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The inside of the villa was burnt black.
Around 9:30 am today, a fire broke out in a villa in Munhak-dong, Incheon.
A 30-year-old and his nephew, 9-year-old Group B, were seriously injured and moved to the hospital, but they are unconscious.
Police and fire departments are investigating the exact cause of the fire, seeing the fire started in a small room inside the villa.
(Video editing: Kim Jong-tae, screen provided: Namhae Maritime Police Agency, Seoul Yeongdeungpo Fire Station, Incheon Michuhol Fire Station)