Police in Incheon arrested one person suspected of smoking cannabis during a joint inspection of four businesses in Hambak Village, a neighbourhood in Yeonsu 1-dong, Yeonsu District.[1][2] The arrest came during a special policing operation that Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency said it ran in the neighbourhood from 28 October to 4 November 2026.[3][2]

The joint inspection team included the agency’s international crime investigation unit and the Incheon Immigration and Foreigner Office, which also found two foreigners who had breached their work eligibility.[3] The operation deployed 290 police personnel, including 128 officers from local police boxes, 88 from a mobile squad, 42 from the metropolitan preventive patrol unit and 32 detectives.[1][2]

Crime reported in the area during the operation fell to five cases from eight in the preceding week, a 37.5% drop, and 112 emergency calls fell 13.4% from 89 to 77.[3][2] Officers concentrated the mobile squad in the neighbourhood late at night and increased patrols in the hours when crime was most likely.[1][2]

Hambak Village, in Yeonsu 1-dong, has drawn a fast-growing foreign population since 2015 and last year had more than 60% foreign residents among about 12,000 people.[1] Police said they would keep patrolling crime-prone areas and work with other agencies on a safe policing environment.[1]