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November 21, 2009 Edition 1
STOCKHOLM, Swedish police have arrested two North Korean diplomats on suspicion of smuggling 230 000 cigarettes into the Nordic country, the Swedish Customs Office said yesterday.
The pair, a man and a woman who have diplomatic status in Russia, were stopped by Swedish customs officers on Wednesday as they drove off a ferry from Helsinki, the Finnish capital.
Customs officials discovered Russian cigarettes in the car driven by the couple, Swedish Customs spokeswoman Monica Magnusson said.
She added the pair were still being held by Swedish police and that she was not aware of them having any contact with North Korean officials since their arrest.
An official at the North Korean embassy in Stockholm said earlier he had no knowledge of the arrests. - Reuters
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