By Park Si-soo







An ambulance company operator and eight drivers are accused of profiting from the transportation of singers who were running late, police said Thursday.







They are suspected of having carried -- with sirens and lights on -- two unidentified trot singers to concert venues and airports in Ulsan and surrounding areas dozens of times between June 2015 and November 2017







It is illegal for ambulance drivers to turn on emergency alarms and transport healthy people. They are also suspected of driving the ambulances beyond the designated business area of Ulsan without permission.







The singers told police they had used the ambulances to get to events on time, allegedly not knowing it is illegal.







"We will continue to crack down on illegal use of ambulances," an Ulsan police officer said.

