5 men extradited to U.S. in North Korean meth case
U.S. drug agents in Thailand took custody of five men wanted in the
United States on allegations of being part of a drug ring that sought to
traffic in North Korean methamphetamine and other drugs, CNN has
learned.
The men, who have
British, Filipino, Taiwanese and Slovak citizenship, were being flown to
New York to face charges, according to a source.
Thai authorities
announced the arrests after the men were turned over to U.S.
authorities. A U.S. law enforcement official said the charges would be
made public soon.
The men are part of a
broader investigation that federal prosecutors made public in September,
filing charges against a group of former U.S. and European ex-military
men in a murder-for-hire and drug-importation plot.
The Drug Enforcement
Administration concocted a sting operation and arrested Joseph Hunter, a
former U.S. Army sniper trainer nicknamed Rambo, and four others in the
sting case.
The five more recently arrested were expelled by Thai authorities and put on a DEA plane to New York.
Additional details of the charges couldn't be learned because they remain under seal.
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