Ex-baseball player gets 10 years for running ketamine smuggling ring

A former baseball player was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for smuggling 1.9 kilograms of ketamine into South Korea from Thailand between September and October 2025. The Busan District Court found the 33-year-old guilty of violating Article 11 of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes. It also ordered him to complete 40 hours of drug rehabilitation education and forfeit 100,000 won ($67). The court, however, acquitted a 30-year-old software developer accused of acting