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BI agents nab Korean fugitive in Makati

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has arrested a South Korean wanted by authorities in Seoul and the Interpol for drug trafficking, particularly “philopon”, a drug used as a stimulant during World War II.

The  Korean,  identified  as Maeng Juhwan, 29 was apprehended last May 3 along Jupiter St. in  Bel Air subdivision, Makati City by operatives from the BI’s fugitive search unit (FSU).

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“We will deport him because he is an undesirable and overstaying alien whose presence here poses a risk to public safety and security,” BI chief Joel Anthony Viado said.

He added that Juhwan will be sent back to Korea as soon as the BI board of commissioners has issued the order for his deportation.

“He will then be blacklisted and perpetually banned from re-entering the Philippines, he added.

Juhwan is also a subject of an Interpol red notice issued last Feb. 13 which indicated that an arrest warrant was issued by the Chuncheon district court on Oct. 25, 2023 for violating Korea’s narcotics control act.

Juhwan allegedly orchestrated the smuggling of Philopon, a residue of methamphetamine tagged as a commonly abused illegal substance in Korea.

Philopon  was produced by Japan’s Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co. and distributed to pilots and soldiers for long flights and combat. In North Korea, philopon, also called ice, was the most common drug found in the country.

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