Jul 05 (rocketnews24.com) - For most of us, catching Pokemon is a leisure and entertainment activity. For law enforcement authorities in Korea, though, it was recently part of their professional duties.
As it does in many countries, the Pokémon franchise enjoys considerable popularity in Korea, with shipments of merchandise regularly flowing into the nation to keep fans happy. Not all of those items are legit, though, and a video from Korea's YTN News shows a massive collection of bootleg Pokémon plushies, part of a reported 530,000 fakes which were smuggled into Korea between April 25 and June 2.
According to the authorities, these knockoffs were bound for Korean arcades, where they would have been used as prizes for crane games. There's no word on what will become of all these detained Pokémon now, although the most likely fates for them are probably destruction or being sent to Professor Willow in exchange for a lot of candy.
