Reports surfaced Wednesday that a Tokyo engineering firm, already in hot water over suspicions it illegally shipped missile-related equipment to Iran, might have also exported to North Korea.

The latest allegation focuses on a shipment from Seishin Enterprise Co. -- which was searched by police Tuesday over the Iran allegations -- to North Korea in 1994, according to sources.

The shipment was allegedly made on a North Korean ferry recently linked to Pyongyang's spying activities.