THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) has arrested seven Japanese nationals believed to be members of a crime syndicate operating in Japan.
Immigration Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado said five of the suspects were apprehended in a residential area along Quirino Highway in Bulacan. They were identified as Hiraki Ishikawa; Tsubasa Amano; Sasaki Ken; Akira Sambonchiku and Naoto Matsumoto.
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The two other suspects, identified as Rintaro Yamane and Masato Morihiro, were collared by BI operatives in a condominium on Adriatico St., in Ermita, Manila. The group was tagged by Japanese authorities to be members of the notorious JP Dragon crime ring wanted in Japan for large-scale fraud.
