A transporter who smuggled hundreds of millions of won worth of drugs into the country from the Philippines and distributed them throughout the country was sentenced to heavy punishment in the first trial. The Ulsan District Court's Criminal Division 11 (Chief Judge Park Dong-gyu) announced on the 17th that it sentenced Mr. A (30s), who was indicted on charges of violating the Act on Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes, to 7 years in prison and ordered him to collect 5.5 million won. According to the prosecution's indictment, Mr. A was in a hotel in Manila in mid-May last year. In the parking lot, a local person handed over a bag containing about 3 kg of Philopon worth 300 million won, about 1.5 kg of Ketamine worth 97.5 million won, and ecstasy (MDMA). The next day, Mr. A entered the country through Incheon International Airport carrying a bag containing drugs, and immediately left the bag on a bench in a square in Guro-gu, Seoul and contacted his accomplice to take it. Afterwards, he communicated with the seller through the Telegram app and returned to Busan. It was found that profits worth 29 million won were earned by distributing drugs by hiding them in fire hydrants or waterproof boxes of buildings in Gwangju and Daegu, including in the woods near a high school in Nam-gu. The court said, “The defendant