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​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 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.

Officers explained that the girl had paid just over $300 worth of crypto for 10 “doses” of methamphetamine. Police said the girl had managed to find the ID of a Telegram-based drug dealer “without any difficulty” while she was “searching the internet out of curiosity.”

They think the girl may have discovered this information via an unnamed social media site.