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Americans held for trying to ‘smuggle’ Bibles
Weekend Argus on Saturday
|June 28, 2025
SOUTH Korean police yesterday arrested six US nationals attempting to send plastic bottles packed with rice and Bibles to North Korea, the head of the investigation team said.
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Local police said the six were trying to send thousands of plastic bottles, filled with rice, one-dollar bills and Bibles, into the sea off Ganghwa Island at 1am yesterday when they were caught.
“We have arrested and are questioning six American nationals in their 20s to 50s on suspicion of violating the Framework Act on the Management of Disasters and Safety,” the head of the investigation team at Ganghwa Police Station in Incheon said.
The Americans could not speak Korean, so “an interpreter was provided for them and we have since started the questioning,” he added.
This story is from the June 28, 2025 edition of Weekend Argus on Saturday.
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