6 people nabbed after eating banned cannabis jellies

Six people were taken into police custody in Seoul this week on suspected drug charges after eating jellies containing cannabis ingredients and complaining of dizziness and other side effects. The Seoul Gwangjin Police Station said Friday it has apprehended four people, including a man in his 30s, on suspicion of eating cannabis jellies in violation of the narcotics control law. The four, who know one another as college classmates, are accused of taking the jellies prepared by the 30-something man at a restaurant in the eastern Seoul district of Gwangjin around 8 p.m. Thursday, according to the police station. The man reportedly offered the gummies to the three others, saying it would make them feel better. Two of them suffered from dizziness before calling the 119 emergency hotline for help, and firefighters alerted police about their suspected drug use. The two others, who were not hospitalized, were urgently detained by police after testing positive for cannabis. On Wednesday, a man in his 20s was ru shed to the hospital after sharing cannabis jellies with his elder sister in her 30s at their home in the southern Seoul district of Seocho. Police conducted a simple drug reagent test on the siblings, and both tested positive for cannabis. They have since been booked on drug charges by the Seoul Seocho Police Station. They reportedly bought the prohibited jellies in Thailand. The Korea Customs Service said early this year that cannabis-based products were being manufactured and sold in the form of jellies, candies, chocolates and others in some U.S. states, Canada, Thailand, Uruguay and Malta, where cannabis has been legalized, and travelers there and online shoppers need to use caution. The office also emphasized that anyone caught bringing jellies and other products that contain cannabis ingredients into the country without approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety will be punished. Source: Yonhap News Agency