The Salmon King Is Busted In South Korea

Seoul: The air intelligence unit at Seoul Incheon airport customs last night seized 16lbs of fresh Nova Scotia Salmon from a passenger who arrived from Tokyo Japan by an All Nippon Airlines flight.

Officials engaged in passenger profiling at the airport found the moves of Liam Gallagher (36), a resident of the United Kingdom and singer in popular Brit Rock band Oasis, suspicious and questioned him while he was coming out through the "nothing to declare" gate .

“When we questioned him, he did not admit to carrying anything. So we examined his clothing and found the fresh fish (Salmon) valued at US$147.00 (195,800 South-Korean Won) in his inside coat pockets . He had no valid document for the import of seafood or meat from the South Korean agricultural department,” a customs commissioner said.

On questioning, Mr. Gallagher told the officials a fan had given him the salmon as a gift at Tokyo airport , and that he was not aware of the import laws.

The import of fishes , dead or alive, requires a license from the Directorate General of Foreign Trade and clearance from the animal quarantine department.

Customs officials let Mr Gallagher proceed to his waiting limousine after the band's manger handed them tickets to Oasis' concert at Seoul's Olympic Gym #1 scheduled for Wednesday. (Sun Thin Wong)

Source: Korea News International

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