[News Today] Raids on suspects in UAV infiltration

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A joint military–police task force has launched forced searches into civilian suspects linked to North Korea's claim that South Korean drones infiltrated its airspace.

Investigators raided homes and offices, securing materials tied to the alleged drone operations.

[REPORT]
A student hall at a university in Seoul.

Investigators carrying boxes of what they seized during a raid exit the premises.

Police
[Have you obtained evidence that drones were sent to N. Korea?]
I will be able to talk about it later.

At this building, a graduate school student surnamed 'Oh' who claims that he sent drones to North Korea and another person surnamed 'Jang' who manufactured the UAVs have been operating a drone production company since 2023.

A military-police joint investigation team raided this office and the two men's houses on charges of aviation safety act violations.

It comes five days after Oh insisted in a media interview that he had flown drones toward the North.

The raid also targeted a man surnamed 'Kim' who is known to be a senior official in charge of North Korean affairs at the drone manufacturing company.

Through multiple media outlets, Kim has been insisting on sending drones to North Korea.

Kim / (VOICE MODIFIED), Jan. 2025
In late 2022, N. Korea once sent drones to Seoul.
I thought, "Even these pathetic beggars are doing it. Why can't we do that?"

The probe team plans to summon the suspects for more questioning, based on the results of analysis on the seized items.

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