4 stowaways arrested, 17 others charged without detention in suspected smuggling case
Social affairsFeb 6, 2018
BUSAN -- Four stowaways were arrested in South Korea and Japan on suspicion of smuggling themselves into Japan in 2016 and committing theft there, police said Tuesday.The international crime investigation team at the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency also charged 17 others without detention over the alleged smuggling case.According to the team, the four, including a 59-year-old woman, illegally entered a port in Shimonoseki, Japan's Yamaguchi Prefecture, after boarding a tug boat at a port in the