An illegal Chinese immigrant has been arrested for allegedly shipping weapons to North Korea from California, set for use in an attack on South Korea, federal authorities announced Tuesday.
A criminal complaint seen by Newsweek alleged Shenghua Wen, 41, was working on behalf of the North Korean government to “procure firearms, ammunition, and export-controlled technology”, including a long-range image stabilizer to locate targets.
The suspect, who arrived in the U.S. on a student visa in 2012 and never left, allegedly had two devices in his home which he planned to send to North Korea for military use when officials raided his Ontario, California, home on August 14.
A month later, 50,000 rounds of ammunition, set to head to the same destination, were also discovered.
Items had previously been hidden inside shipping containers destined for Hong Kong, before making their way to North Korea, the complaint said.
“Wen explained that he met North Korean government officials at …