Rapper who appeared on hip-hop audition show indicted on marijuana charges

A rapper in his 40s who appeared on a hip-hop competition program has been indicted on charges of smoking marijuana.

The Suwon District Public Prosecution Office indicted the man, identified only as A, on Friday on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act. He was indicted without detention.

A is accused of smoking marijuana on multiple occasions between November last year and August this year.

Investigators identified A as a suspect while probing a man in his 30s, identified as B, on suspicion of selling marijuana. The Suwon District Prosecutors Office's joint government task force on drug crimes — now reorganized as the Suwon District Public Prosecution Office — found evidence during that investigation that A had purchased marijuana from B.

Prosecutors believe A bought marijuana from B in November last year and from a separate dealer in August this year. B was arrested and indicted in July on charges of growing marijuana at his residence and manufacturing marijuana-infused gummies.

The Suwon District Serious Crimes Investigation Office has since taken over the investigation into additional suspected offenses by B.