A container filled with 90,000 bottles of vodka believed to be for sanctions-hit North Korea has been seized by Dutch customs agents, officials say
A container filled with 90,000 bottles of vodka believed to be for sanctions-hit North Korea has been seized by Dutch customs agents, officials said Tuesday.Three-thousand cases of the spirit were found by officers at the port of Rotterdam aboard a ship owned by China's Cosco Shipping, said Roul Velleman, a spokesman for the Dutch customs agency.Velleman said officers decided to check the container based on a"risk profile" provided by the Foreign Ministry.
North Korea is hiding nukes and selling weapons, alleges confidential UN reportRead MoreThose sanctions were the reason behind this particular seizure -- which was ordered by the Dutch minister for trade, Sigrid Kaag -- her spokesman said."The Security Council of the United Nations has imposed clear sanctions on North Korea, so it is important to enforce those sanctions," Kaag said, according to her spokesman, Jeroen van Dommelen.
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