Big Bang member T.O.P indicted for smoking marijuana

T.O.P, a member of K-pop band Big Bang, has been suspected of smoking the drug four times with an aspiring female singer at his home in Seoul in October last year. PHOTO: REUTERS

SEOUL - T.O.P, a member of K-pop band Big Bang, has been indicted without detention on charges of smoking marijuana, prosecutors said on Monday.

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said the 29-year-old is suspected of smoking the drug four times with an aspiring female singer at his home in Seoul in October last year.

T.O.P initially denied he had done anything illegal.

After police came up with positive test results, the rapper changed his position and has issued a letter of apology, reported the Korea Herald.

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