Drug traffickers caught at N. Korean checkpoint with hundreds of grams of meth

2026-02-18 - 20:23

Two North Korean drug traffickers were arrested at a checkpoint in North Hamgyong province in recent days after attempting to smuggle methamphetamine from Hamhung to Hoeryong, exposing a wider trafficking network as the regime struggles to contain drug use despite strict enforcement of its anti-drug laws. “A woman in her 50s and a man in his 20s were recently caught trying to transport meth to... Source