The father-in-law had imported meat products despite local bans.
Such as Main field writes Benoni Ardelin, a member of parliament and vice president of the second largest party in the Romanian government, the National Liberal Party (PNL), crashed at Seoul airport when trying to smuggle meat products into South Korea.
Ardelene arrived in Korea on an official visit last week as part of a delegation led by Prime Minister Nicolae Ciocho and Speaker of the House of Representatives Marcel Ciolacu. At the airport, he had to declare what he was bringing into the country, in the document there was also a separate category for meat products, but Ardelene did not admit that salami, sausages and ham were hidden in his suitcase. He believed that because of his diplomatic passport, he would not be subject to a more thorough investigation. But he didn’t rely on the scent of the Seoul police dogs.
Meat products were confiscated due to the strict regulations regarding the ban on eating meat. Ardelean later stated that he had not intended the local produce for his own consumption, but as a gift to the local Roman community, since they arrived in South Korea a few days before Christmas.
Ardelean, who had previously served as a Baptist pastor, wasn’t the first to break the law. He was actually arrested for drunk driving once, though he said he must have been offering his heart medication.
(Cover photo: Ben Unni Ardelene. Photo: Wikipedia)
