Seized Weapons Are Legitimate Export Items
ROK Ministry of National Defense
2003-07-03 10:08:24
Hundreds of machine guns and rifles that Spanish authorities discovered and seized from a ROK cargo vessel in its territorial waters are legitimate export items, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
The announcement came a day after Spain said it seized 280 K1A machine guns, 100 K2 rifles and 760 ball cartridges from a container on a ship traveling from the Korean port city of Busan to Senegal.
"They are legitimate exports which were approved by the defense ministry," a senior ministry official said.
He said the ministry gave permission to Daewoo Precision Industries Co., a Busan-based firm, to ship the munitions on May 12.
"I speculate Spain's police checked the freighter, mistaking it for a North Korean boat," the official said.
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