Police Officer Suspended Over Alleged Leak of Drug Investigation Information
Detective A from Seoul Gwangjin Police Station is under suspicion of leaking investigation information, accused of violating official secrecy. The facts are being confirmed through a mobile phone analysis. Check the details.
A senior inspector, A, from the Gwangjin Police Station in Seoul, is under police investigation on suspicion of having passed investigative information to an informant during a drug investigation. Senior Inspector A was placed on standby on the 2nd and then suspended from duty on the 10th.
The Seoul Gangdong Police Station said it is investigating Senior Inspector A on charges including disclosure of official secrets. Police are said to have confirmed signs that investigationrelated information was exchanged between A and suspect B, whom another provincial police agency's narcotics crime investigation unit had been investigating.
Police believe Senior Inspector A used B as an informant and provided information during the investigation, and in return received information related to another drug case. They are currently verifying the facts through a search and seizure of mobile phones and other means.