{"id":48131,"date":"2023-09-21T18:26:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T18:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/09\/21\/us-soldiers-in-s-korea-investigated-for-smuggling-synthetic-marijuana\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:58:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:58:23","slug":"us-soldiers-in-s-korea-investigated-for-smuggling-synthetic-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2023\/09\/21\/us-soldiers-in-s-korea-investigated-for-smuggling-synthetic-marijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"US soldiers in S. Korea investigated for smuggling synthetic marijuana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

South Korean police are investigating more than a dozen U.S. soldiers stationed at two military bases in the country for allegedly using and distributing synthetic marijuana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Korean detectives announced Wednesday that they raided the homes of 17 troops based at Camp Humphreys and Camp Casey. The soldiers and five civilian accomplices were brought in for questioning, but all the soldiers have since returned to their respective bases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The probe is the latest high-profile run-in between American military personnel and local police. Private 2nd Class Travis King, an Army soldier now being held in North Korea, had served two months in a South Korean prison<\/a> for assault. King was slated to be sent home after his release on July 10, but he escaped his escorts and slipped across the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\t