Mokpo Coast Guard Arrests Foreign Thief Stealing Vehicles from Ferry Cargo Ship

Valuables Inside Shipped Car, Suspected of Habitual Theft

Exterior view of Mokpo Maritime Police Station building (Photo by Mokpo Maritime Police Station)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Seo Young-seo] Mokpo Maritime Police Station (Chief Im Jae-su) announced on the 24th that they have apprehended a foreigner identified as A (in his 30s) on charges of repeatedly stealing items from vehicles loaded on a ferry cargo ship operating between Mokpo and Jeju.

The suspect A, a crew member of the ferry cargo ship B, is accused of exploiting the fact that the doors of vehicles loaded on board were unlocked and unattended from the 10th to the 16th of last month, repeatedly stealing a large amount of vehicle items including laptops worth approximately 7.8 million KRW using the same method.

The Mokpo Maritime Police received reports on the 10th that theft incidents were continuously occurring on board ship B and promptly initiated an investigation, analyzing CCTV footage from the ship and black box videos from the loaded vehicles.

Subsequently, at around 11:50 PM on the 17th, while searching for ship B as it docked at Yongdang Pier in Mokpo Port, the suspect was identified and A was urgently arrested on site due to concerns of evidence tampering and flight risk, and then detained.

Additionally, during the arrest process, a large quantity of unreported stolen goods were discovered, and further investigation into additional crimes by A will be conducted.

A representative of the Mokpo Maritime Police urged, “When using vehicle transport services via ferry cargo and passenger ships, please take special care to store valuables separately inside the vehicle to prevent any damage.”

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