Dhaka, Jan 10: Bangladesh authorities seized a luxury Rolls-Royce Ghost car illegally brought into the country for a former North Korean diplomat expelled for smuggling.
Officials said the luxury car would have been liable for import duties of more than 800% had it been brought in legally.
Han was first secretary of the North Korean embassy in Dhaka until he was expelled in August after being accused of smuggling more than a million cigarettes as well as electronics worth half a million dollars.
“We had intelligence that Han made a deal with a local buyer to bring the person a Rolls-Royce with Han's diplomatic immunity, therefore he attempted to evade customs tax,” Khan said. “Han has been marked as a frequent offender.”
In March, 2015, a North Korean diplomat was forced to apologise after he was caught at Dhaka airport trying to smuggle nearly 27 kg of gold worth $1.7 million into the country.
A North Korean restaurant in Dhaka was shut down the same year after officials found it was selling wine and drugs such as Viagra without permission.
In 2012 customs authorities imposed a 2.5-million taka fine after seizing illegal wines from another North Korean envoy.
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