• Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    From the full article

    ‘In South Korea, those convicted of trafficking marijuana face from five years to life in prison. Drug possession carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison or a fine of about 50m won ($37,200; £30,300).’

    So even possession is punishable. They aren’t going to care that it’s a small amout, and with the cash they also confiscated they will assume there was more that had already been sold. That is where the trafficking comes in I would guess.

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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      1 year ago

      I don’t know about Korea but in the US, trafficking doesn’t necessarily mean trafficking. It means having more on hand than some bureaucrat decided a normal person would keep for their own personal use.