Member of international drug ring nabbed at NAIA

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 03:38:58 +0000

By JUN RAMIREZ

Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) arrested a wanted member of a big-time Chinese drug syndicate as he was attempting to flee the country, officials announced Tuesday.

In a report to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, BI port operations chief Grifton Medina said 29-year-old Hong Liangyi was stopped Sunday night at NAIA Termimal 3 departure area before he could board a flight to Istanbul, Turkey, en route to his final destination in Tehran, Iran.

Medina said Hong was barred from leaving after immigration officers found that he is in the BI’s hold departure list and is the subject of an arrest warrant due to criminal cases for illegal drugs that were filed against him before the courts in Cavite and Batangas.

“Authorities have identified him as a leading member of the Dragon Wu International Syndicate allegedly responsible for the production and distribution of illegal drugs in the country,” Medina said.

The suspect was turned over to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Administration (PDEA).

It was learned that last January, Hong and two other Chinese drug suspects were issued a hold departure order (HDO) by the Tagaytay City regional trial court where the three aliens are respondents in a pending criminal case.

A separate drug case was also filed against Hong and 13 other drug suspects before the regional trial court in Rosario, Batangas.

Law enforcement agencies have tagged the Dragon Wu syndicate as behind the operations of several shabu laboratories that were discovered and raided in
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