A 54-year-old man, surnamed Yoon, and four other individuals have been booked for illegally selling disposed weaponry and other U.S. military items here, police said Thursday.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said since 2000, Yoon and three other individuals have been operating shops in Itaewon and Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, selling guided ground to air missiles, gas masks, night-vision goggles and other military equipment.
Police suspect the items, which were supposed to be disposed of, were smuggled out of U.S. army bases here. Some of the goods are also currently used by the Korean military.
A 35-year-old man, surnamed Kim, was found to have sold over 300 pairs of bogus field jackets, illegally imported from China, over the Internet. He set up an online shopping mall in 2009, exclusively dealing in military goods.