The Czech intelligence services foiled a North Korean attempt to smuggle arms through the country, the country's Security Information Service (BIS) and local media reports indicated this week.
In a plot reportedly uncovered in 2012 and 2013 and uncovered by Slovakian outlet Deník N, a North Korean diplomat working as an economic attaché in Germany contacted a local businessman asking for help acquiring parts for T-54 and T-55 tanks, armored cars, and jet planes.
The Czech intelligence services foiled a North Korean attempt to smuggle arms through the country, the country's Security Information Service (BIS) and local media reports indicated this week.
In a plot reportedly uncovered in 2012 and 2013 and uncovered by Slovakian outlet Deník N, a North Korean diplomat working as an economic attaché in Germany contacted a local businessman asking for help acquiring parts for T-54 and T-55 tanks, armored cars, and jet planes.
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