Singaporean Drug Trafficker Arrested in South Korea
SEAToday.com, Seoul-A Singaporean man wanted for drug trafficking has been arrested in South Korea, where he was involved in a multinational syndicate selling narcotics on telegram. Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said on Thursday (14/12) that the 37-year-old man was arrested in Seoul.
The bureau said that they had previously contacted South Korea’s National Intelligence Service and the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency for joint investigations into the man's activities, after receiving intelligence that he had set up a base in South Korea. He was eventually caught as part of South Korea’s crackdown on cyber drug crimes.
Furthermore, he will be repatriated to Singapore after completing his sentence in South Korea, adding the bureau will conduct further investigations into the man's suspected drug offenses in Singapore.
Three of the man's associates, two Singaporean women and another woman of foreign nationality were also arrested in South Korea.
Immigration records show that the man had left Singapore on November 12, 2021, and further investigation by the bureau regarding drug trafficking is still on the way.
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