▲ This photo, carried by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Jan. 10, 2026, shows what North Korea claimed was a drone sent by South Korea on Sept. 27, 2025. The North's military said it struck the drone with its electronic means to force it to fall in Jangphung County in the North's border city of Kaesong. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

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Homes, offices of 3 suspects raided over alleged drone flights to N. Korea

SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- A joint team of police and military investigators on Wednesday raided the homes and offices of three suspects accused of flying drones into North Korea, police said.

The team began carrying out search and seizure warrants against three civilian suspects on charges of violating the Aviation Safety Act as of 8 a.m., according to the National Police Agency's National Office of Investigation.

The joint team launched last week after North Korea claimed South Korea infringed on its sovereignty with drone incursions in September last year and on Jan. 4.

Investigators questioned a civilian suspect last Friday over the alleged incursions.

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