SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea’s military said on Wednesday it had taken into custody a North Korean man who crossed the heavily fortified border with North Korea in a potential defection to the South, prompting an urgent search operationThe man was found about 9:50 a.m. on the eastern end of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, adding there was no unusual movement among North Korean troops. “An investigation is planned to find out details about the man, including how he had come down and whether he wished to defect,” the JCS said in a statement. The person was first spotted crossing barbed wire fences installed along the border at 7:26 p.m. on Tuesday (1026 GMT), the News1 agency reported, citing an unnamed military source. The Yonhap news agency said that the military had issued a “Jindotgae” anti-infiltration alert for the eastern border area, and that the man had expressed a willingness to defect.