Men sentenced for smuggling drugs from N. Korea
A blow to one of North Korea’s major sources of income:
The Tokyo District Court sentenced two men to life in prison Wednesday for smuggling about 230 kilograms of amphetamines into Japan from North Korea in violation of the stimulants control law.
Gang leader Katsuhiko Miyata, 60, and South Korean resident of Japan U Si Yun, 61, played key roles in the smuggling operations, according to the indictment.
They involved a smuggling ring loading the drugs at a North Korean port, dropping the cargo in the Sea of Japan, and later collecting it in a fishing boat and bringing it into Japan in June and October 2002, the indictment said.
[via ROK Drop]
