MANILA, Philippines - Anti-narcotics agents arrested two suspected members of the notorious West African drug syndicate during a sting operation in Quezon City early this morning.
Members of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) nabbed during a buy-bust operation Samuel Chukwueloka Egbo, a Nigerian; and Yunji Choi,a Korean, at a fast food chain store at the corner of Matalino and Malakas streets, Brgy. Pinyahan, Quezon City around 4:45 a.m.
Authorities seized half a kilo of cocaine from the suspects.
Egbo was the reportedly the one who recruited Elizabeth Batain, one of the Filipino drug couriers executed recently in China.