TOKYO: Japanese police on Saturday
arrested three
North Korean crew members for suspected theft, a spokesman said, amid a fresh wave of
North Korean ?ghost ship? fishing vessels washing up in Japanese waters. The three were among the 10
North Korean ?fishermen? spotted aboard a tiny wooden boat struggling in bad weather off the northern island of Hokkaido late last month. The 45-year-old captain and two other
crew members, who all identified themselves as
North Korean nationals, were
arrested on suspicion of stealing a power generator, a Hokkaido Police Department spokesman said. The arrest came after some of them reportedly admitted to ?taking out? some electronic products from a remote Japanese island where they landed briefly to take refuge.
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