Chinese Illegal Immigrant Shipped Weapons From California to North Korea: DOJ

Shenghua Wen told investigators he believed the North Korean regime wanted the weapons to prepare for an attack against South Korea.

Some of the devices DOJ says Shenghua Wen intended to smuggle to North Korea from Long Beach, Calif. DOJ

A Chinese national illegally residing in Southern California was arrested on Dec. 3 for allegedly exporting firearms, ammunition, and other military items to North Korea.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), 41-year-old Shenghua Wen and his co-conspirators allegedly sent at least two shipments of the weapons inside shipping containers from Long Beach through Hong Kong to North Korea.