{"id":49190,"date":"2021-08-02T10:28:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T01:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=49190"},"modified":"2021-08-02T10:30:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T01:30:48","slug":"trading-company-officials-north-hamgyong-province-arrested-making-smuggling-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/trading-company-officials-north-hamgyong-province-arrested-making-smuggling-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Trading company officials in N. Hamgyong Province arrested for making and smuggling drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities have reportedly arrested workers at the Unha General Trading Company branch in Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, for allegedly manufacturing and smuggling drugs to achieve their foreign currency quota.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A source in the province told Daily NK last Thursday that workers at the Unha General Trading Company were arrested in the middle of this month for involvement in the drug trade, apparently to pay this year\u2019s foreign currency contribution to the \u201cpeople\u2019s economy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, with the state previously ordering that units unable to make this year\u2019s foreign currency quota be barred from restarting trade when the border reopens, trading units have been mobilizing every means possible to achieve the quota.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faced with pressure from above to satisfy its quota \u201cat all costs\u201d despite being able to do nothing due to the closure of the border, employees at the Unha General Trading Company began searching for ways to earn a bit of cash. Ultimately, they decided to manufacture drugs, setting up a manufacturing process and even smuggling the product.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAfter holding discussions with several workers, the president of the Onsong branch of Unha General Trading Company brought in a drug manufacturer from Hamhung, feeding and housing him,\u201d said the source. \u201cThey set up a lab, and for a year after the border closure, they diligently smuggled the drugs they manufactured, contributing foreign currency to the party.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, when nearby residents caught wind of what they were doing, the branch president and all others involved were arrested and taken to the provincial branch of the Ministry of State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40849\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40849\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/00480.MTS_20190521_140400.168-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Musan County, North Hamgyong Province residence\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/00480.MTS_20190521_140400.168-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/00480.MTS_20190521_140400.168-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/00480.MTS_20190521_140400.168-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/00480.MTS_20190521_140400.168-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/00480.MTS_20190521_140400.168-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/00480.MTS_20190521_140400.168-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/00480.MTS_20190521_140400.168.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Musan County, North Hamgyong Province. \/ Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provincial prosecutors believe mere trading company workers could not have possibly come up with such a scheme on their own, and that members of the Ministry of State Security, Ministry of Social Security, and Onsong County officials were clearly involved. Working through local residents, law enforcement agents are reportedly rounding up and questioning other suspects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen the authorities searched their homes, they found big wads of dollars and yuan stored in kimchi pits and underground tunnels,\u201d said the source. \u201cMoreover, a serious issue is also arising with rumors going round that the trader who distributed the drugs is part of a group that helps North Koreans in China defect, so there are calls to determine where \u2018dirty money\u2019 infiltrated [the party].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The case has yet to be concluded, but as the incident follows North Korea\u2019s enacting of a law to prevent drug crimes, the suspects likely face severe punishment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWith the law being enacted, those arrested will serve even longer prison terms, and they say even the implicated cadres won\u2019t skate by this time,\u201d said the source. \u201cJudicial officers murmur that all of them will get life imprisonment or be executed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Early this month, the 15th plenary meeting of the 14th Standing Committee of the Supreme People&#8217;s Assembly adopted the \u201cLaw of the DPRK on Metal Industry, the Law of the DPRK on Chemical Industry, the Law of the DPRK on Machine-building Industry and the Law of the DPRK on the Prevention of Drug-related Crimes.\u201d North Korean media reported that the law stipulated articles on \u201cpreventing violations of laws detrimental to the stability of the state and social system and the lives and health of the people\u201d and \u201cprincipled issues arising in enforcing the relevant laws.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The adoption of a separate law despite pre-existing articles in North Korea\u2019s criminal code punishing the illegal manufacture and trade of drugs seemingly demonstrates that the North Korean government is aiming to crack down even harder on drug-related activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20210729-4\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean authorities have reportedly arrested workers at the Unha General Trading Company branch in Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, for allegedly manufacturing and smuggling drugs to achieve their foreign currency quota. 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