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May 02, 2003

Australia Warns North Korea Over Drug Smuggling

You mean state-sponsored drug trafficing isn't OK? From Reuters:

Australia warned North Korea on Friday against smuggling drugs, summoning the communist state's ambassador after police seized a North Korean freighter allegedly involved in a $50 million heroin haul.
Thirty North Korean crew, two Malaysians, a Singaporean and a Chinese national have been charged with aiding and abetting in the import of 110 pounds of heroin around two weeks ago. The North Koreans have protested their innocence.

Posted by Newshound at May 2, 2003 02:57 PM

Comments

What? Was this ship listing to starboard? Glowing in the dark? Smiley face on the stack? NK registry? Asian penalty for drug smuggling? - DEATH - Give 'em a taste of their own "medicine" intravenous...THEN...
Empty the ship, tow it back to NK, and conveniently pull the bilge plug in the entrance to one of their fabulous ports. Instant blockade.

Posted by: Dave Dube at May 2, 2003 03:41 PM

Dave,

I like the way your mind works ;-).

Posted by: Kathleen at May 2, 2003 08:59 PM

Love Dave's plan, but it doesn't go quite far enough. Surely the Australians can come up with a shipload of toxic wastes they'd love to get rid of.

Posted by: Mark Rosenbaum at May 3, 2003 01:27 AM

I read somewhere that the drug $$$ was going DIRECTLY to the DPRK military, and the numbers were staggering, even by western standards. And, of course we're talking about our green $$$ here anyway. I fear that they'd sell the toxic waste to some of those suicide-bent religious nuts, and we'd be no better off than we are now. Nope. I still like the blockade idea.

Posted by: Dave Dube at May 3, 2003 10:44 PM

I like both idea’s but NK does not get along well with others and there pointing missiles at everyone I don’t think a blockade will last long in there water. What we can do is set up some spy satellites and submarines then all the little boats will just disappear

Posted by: ICE at July 14, 2003 08:39 PM