Mr. A, a Chinese man, was tried on charges of conspiring with an unknown person in Canada to bring a suitcase containing 19.9 kg of Philopon from Toronto Airport, Canada, to Incheon Airport in August last year.
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The wholesale price is equivalent to 1.99 billion won, equivalent to approximately 660,000 doses (based on 0.03g per dose). However, all of the Philopon was confiscated after being discovered during the X-ray image review process at the airport customs office.
During the trial, Mr. A claimed that he received the bag at the request of his girlfriend and that he thought the bag contained coronavirus medicine, but this was not accepted.
1st trial
Mr. A is closely related to drugs, as he was active as a member of a drug gang in Hong Kong and was sentenced to prison for related crimes.
It was determined that there was intent in the crime, citing the fact that professional criminal methods were used, such as creating baggage tags in an abnormal way and having them transported as checked baggage.
The first trial court
“”The defendant imported a large amount of Philopon and used professional criminal methods such as forging luggage tags.
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He was sentenced to 13 years in prison, saying, “Despite having served two long sentences in Hong Kong for drug-related crimes, he did not reflect on himself and continued to commit crimes.”
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Both Mr. A and the prosecutor appealed, but the second trial only accepted the prosecutor’s claim of unfair sentencing and sentenced him to 15 years in prison. The Supreme Court also found the second trial judgment to be correct.
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