Article

2019-02-27 China-Japan-Koreas

Dutch customs seizes 90,000 bottles of vodka thought heading to North Korea

Trump applies pressure beyond Scotch

[10News] 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.

"We follow a risk profile and we had information that this container could be carrying something," Velleman said. "And it was right. It was vodka -- destination China, probably to go to North Korea."

North Korea has been slapped with a number of international sanctions, which include a ban on the import of certain luxury goods, for its continued ballistic missile testing and violations of UN resolutions.

Those sanctions were the reason behind this particular seizure -- which was ordered by the Dutch minister for trade, Sigrid Kaag -- her spokesman said

Posted by Frank G 2019-02-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top
File under: Commies

#1 Dude! The party with the Russians is cancelled!

Posted by ed in texas 2019-02-27 07:47|| 2019-02-27 07:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Ketel One or Titos seized?

Posted by JohnQC 2019-02-27 07:51|| 2019-02-27 07:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Aw c'mon. He hasn't fired a missile in months. Let him have a drink.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-02-27 11:12|| 2019-02-27 11:12|| Front Page Top

#4 They share a common border and they cant get a single container smuggled? Amateurs.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2019-02-27 11:36|| 2019-02-27 11:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Ah, that was all mine. The Ruskies make great grease cutting solvent!

Posted by Woodrow 2019-02-27 13:40|| 2019-02-27 13:40|| Front Page Top

#6 If its that Ciroc, this is a weapons shipment.

Posted by swksvolFF 2019-02-27 14:18|| 2019-02-27 14:18|| Front Page Top

11:40 swksvolFF
11:11 HeavyG
11:10 Angstrom
11:07 HeavyG
11:07 Angstrom
11:06 DarthVader
11:05 HeavyG
10:58 alanc
09:43 Mullah Richard
09:27 Warthog
09:11 Mercutio
09:07 AlmostAnonymous5839
08:52 Matt
08:24 Matt
08:20 SteveS
07:43 Procopius2k
07:42 BrerRabbit
07:42 Procopius2k
07:39 Procopius2k
07:36 Procopius2k
07:35 Procopius2k
07:34 trailing wife
07:31 Procopius2k
07:30 NN2N1