South Korean Police Arrest Girl Aged 14 for Buying Crystal Meth with Crypto
A 14-year-old South Korean girl has been arrested on suspicion of using cryptoassets to buy methamphetamine (crystal meth). Per Dong-a Ilbo, the girl is a third-grade middle school student who lives in the Dongdaemun Dis...
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Per Dong-a Ilbo, the girl is a third-grade middle school student who lives in the Dongdaemun District of Central Seoul. Police say she was found “collapsed” on a stairwell in an apartment block. Officers say she had dissolved the substance – also known as Philopon in East Asian nations – in a bottle of water....
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