Through his business and others he paid, the suspect obtained firearms, often from Texas, and brought them into California to be shipped through the port of Long Beach, officials said.

Shenghua Wen, a 41-year-old Chinese national illegally living in Ontario, California, is accused of shipping guns and ammunition to North Korea.

A Chinese national living in California has been arrested and charged with illegally sending weapons and ammunition from the US to North Korea, the justice department has said. Shenghua Wen is alleged to have "successfully" exported at least two shipments of weapons,

Federal authorities arrested 41-year-old Shenghua Wen at his Ontario home, accusing him of violating sanctions law by exporting shipping containers full of firearms, ammunition and other military items to North Korea.

A Chinese national living in California is accused of exporting guns and ammunition to North Korea at the direction of North Korean agents.

An illegal immigrant from China allegedly shipped weapons from California to North Korea, according to federal prosecutors.