Three members of a seven-men gang suspected of robbing victims at a suburban Seoul apartment nearly two years ago have been arrested in the Philippines, police said Sunday.
The National Police Agency (NPA), which has been probing the case in cooperation with law enforcement agencies in the Philippines, said the men in their 20s and 30s were apprehended in Cebu on May 3.
The suspects are accused of breaking into an apartment in Namyangju, 25 kilometers east of Seoul, in June 2022, along with four other accomplices, and assaulting and threatening the victims before fleeing with cash and valuables worth 130 million won (US$94,800).
After apprehending four members of the gang in November, the police have been tracking the remaining three suspects after receiving tips they had fled to Cebu.
The three suspects are detained at an immigration detention center in Manila as a process for their forced expulsion is under way in accordance with an immigration law.
The NPA plans to push for their immediate repatriatio
n to South Korea as soon as relevant procedures are completed, an official said.
Source: Yonhap News Agency