According to FOX11, officials said that the weapons were to be used by the secretive communist country's military in a "surprise attacked on South Korea." The suspect, 41-year-old Shengua Wen, and his co-conspirators exported at least two shipments of firearms and ammunition to North Korea by concealing the items inside shipping containers that were shipped from Long Beach through Hong Kong to North Korea.
The criminal complaint, which was unsealed in a Los Angeles federal court stated that this took place in 2023. Officials said that on August 14, 2024, federal agents seized two items from Wen's home that he admitted obtaining to sent to the North Korean government for its military use.
