Hollow victory: Drug dealer's arrest exposes N. Korea's enforcement challenges - Daily NK English

Hollow victory: Drug dealer's arrest exposes N. Korea's enforcement challenges - Daily NK English

A man in his 40s has been arrested for years of drug dealing in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong province. According to a Daily NK source in North Hamgyong province recently, the suspect—identified only as Mr. A, originally from Hamhung in South Hamgyong province—was arrested by Hoeryong police on March 20 for distributing methamphetamine, known locally as “pingdu.” Hoeryong police dispatched officers to A’s hometown of Hamhung to investigate and appreh…