Koreans expelled for smuggling

STOCKHOLM - Sweden said yesterday it had expelled three North Korean diplomats, accusing them of being involved in cigarette …

STOCKHOLM - Sweden said yesterday it had expelled three North Korean diplomats, accusing them of being involved in cigarette smuggling.

Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mr Staffan Bjorck, said the three were ordered to leave the country in July after they were caught smuggling in the Estonian capital of Tallinn. Pyongyang's ambassador to Sweden had not been expelled, he added.

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