Six Americans were detained Friday in South Korea for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, US dollars bills and Bibles toward North Korea by sea, police said.
The Americans tried to throw the bottles into the sea from front-line Gwanghwa Island so they could float toward North Korean shores by the tides, said a police officer who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak to media on the issue.
He said they are being investigated on allegations they violated the law on the management of safety and disasters.
North Korean defector activists empty bags of bottles containing rice and money on Ganghwa Island, on May 1, 2018. AFP via Getty Images
A second South Korean police officer confirmed
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