Police said Monday they have nabbed a ring of loan sharks for extorting nude photos of debtors and threatening to distribute them if they fail to pay back the money in time, while demanding an average of 3,000 percent in annual interest rates.
Police said Monday they have nabbed a ring of loan sharks for extorting nude photos of debtors and threatening to distribute them if they fail to pay back the money in time, while demanding an average of 3,000 percent in annual interest rates.
A housewife has been arrested for smuggling methamphetamine disguised as sunflower seeds into Korea from the Philippines on multiple occasions this summer, police said Tuesday, announcing a bust of a drug ring involving her.
The police have vowed to introduce better measures to handle intoxicated members of the public on streets, following criticisms over their poor response which has recently led to a series of deaths. At about 8:10 p.m., Jan. 19, Dongdaemun Police Station in Seoul received a report that a drunk man in his 50s was sleeping on the street. Two officers were deployed on-site, but after a failed attempt to wake him up ― which lasted for about six minutes ― they left him lying on the street without taking additional measures.