By Lee Han-soo

A graduate student from Yonsei University has been indicted for allegedly making methamphetamine in the school laboratory, the Seoul Central Prosecutors' Office said on Monday.

The student, surnamed Hwang, 25, majored in chemistry and was suspected of making 13 grams of methamphetamine, worth 3.9 million won ($3,489), from last October to November.

Hwang used over 500 cold-medicine pills and other chemicals to make the drug, based on information given by his accomplice, surnamed Han, 22, prosecutors said.

Han then sold the drug online and split the profit with Hwang.

"I was shocked to hear that he was arrested for cooking meth in our school lab," a graduate student who studied with Hwang said. "He was a normal and ordinary student."

The school promised a thorough investigation, which could result in the cancellation of Hwang's degree.