Cousins grew cannabis in rented Yongin villas and sold it online
Two cousins grew cannabis under LEDs and climate gear in two rented Yongin homes from last October to July, selling marijuana, jelly and liquid online for up to 1 million won a time. Police acting on a resident's tip arrested them on 6 August, seizing 35 plants, 2.3 kg and cryptocurrency.
🇰🇷 Yongin, Gyeonggi Province · South Korea
- Arrested
- 2
- Cannabis
- 2.3 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- KRW 230,000,000
Yongin Dongbu police said on 13 August that they had detained two cousins, including a man in his 30s known as A, for growing cannabis and selling it online, and referred them to prosecutors under the Narcotics Control Act.[1] From October last year to July, the pair leased two low-rise multi-unit homes, fitted them with LED lights, hygrometers and insulating sheets, and grew seeds bought on overseas websites.[1]
They sold marijuana, cannabis jelly and liquid cannabis at 500,000 to one million won (about $360 to $720) a time, taking cash or cryptocurrency over social media.[1] They had seeds delivered to other people’s addresses to evade detection, and themselves inhaled cannabis heated in a coffee canister; a rapid drug test came back positive.[1]
A resident’s report about the suspicious pair led police to them through canvassing, and officers arrested them on 6 August.[1] Police seized 35 growing plants, 2.3 kilograms of marijuana, 2.15 million won in cash and about 17 million won in cryptocurrency; police put the marijuana’s value at about 230 million won (about $165,000), or some 4,600 doses.[1] Buyer investigations continue, with online drug crime named a focus of the second-half crackdown.[1]
Sources
- Cousins Arrested for Growing Cannabis Worth Millions in Rented Villas. Seoul Economic Daily, 14 August 2026.