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국가정보원 직원 A씨가 국제우편을 통해 신종 마약을 밀반입하려 한 혐의로 체포됐다고 18일 검찰이 밝혔다.
수원지검에 따르면 검찰은 11일 마약류 관리에 관한 법률 위반 혐의로 A씨를 불구속 입건했다.
국내에서는 마약 취급자를 제외한 이들의 마약 소유, 사용, 수입, 수출, 판매 등이 금지되어 있다.
국정원 사무관인 A씨는 환각제 DMT 250g을 네덜란드에서 발송된 우편물 속에 숨겨 인천국제공항을 통해 반입하려 했다.
마약이 의심되는 국제우편물이 있다는 제보를 받은 검찰의 분석 결과 DMT가 학인되자 검찰은 자택에서 A씨를 체포하고 DMT를 압수했다.
A씨는 “나와 가족이 10년째 앓고 있는 지병에 치료 효과가 있다고 해서 약으로 사용하려고 구입했다”고 말했다.
이어 그는 유통, 판매 등의 다른 목적은 없었다고 했다.
DMT는 국내에서 공식적인 치료제로 사용되지 않는다. 심지어 국내 밀반입 사례도 거의 보고되지 않을 정도의 신종 마약에 해당된다고 검찰이 전했다.
검찰은 A씨의 범행에 대해 추가 수사를 진행할 예정이다.
(임우정 인턴기자 / 코리아헤럴드)
<관련영문기사>
A South Korean official of the state intelligence agency has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling a new type of synthetic drug via international air mail, the prosecution said Friday.
According to the Suwon Provincial Police Agency, the prosecutors booked the suspect without physical detention on Oct. 11 for allegedly violating country’s law of drug control.
Under South Korean law, it is illegal to possess, use, import, export or sell drugs except for those in charge of the synthetic drugs.
The suspect, a deputy director of the NIS, tried to hide around 250 grams of synthetic DMT, a hallucinogenic drug, in international air mail which was sent from the Netherlands to Incheon International Airport.
When the package was discovered to contain narcotics, prosecutors apprehended the government employee at his home and confiscated the drug.
“I bought the drug because I heard that it is effective for the treatment of a chronic disease that my family has been suffering from for 10 years,” the suspect said in the investigation.
He added that he had no intention to sell or distribute the drug.
The prosecution said DMT can be classified as a new type of narcotic since it is not used as an official medicine in the country. Smuggling cases for the drug are rare.
The agency is planning to expand and review the investigation on the suspect.
By Im Woo-jung, Intern reporter
(iwj@heraldcorp.com)
