YouTuber with 700,000 subscribers booked on charges of obtaining sleeping pills by proxy

A YouTuber with 700,000 subscribers has been booked on charges of obtaining sleeping pills through a proxy prescription.

The Seoul Gangnam Police Station said Thursday it booked a 37-year-old man surnamed Park on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act on July 30.

Park is accused of having an acquaintance obtain a prescription for sleeping pills — classified as psychotropic drugs — on his behalf and then taking the medication himself.

Police received a report on the case in mid-June and booked him without detention after about a month of preliminary investigation.

Police said they plan to verify what medications were obtained through the acquaintance's prescription and whether Park actually took them.