At least nine Korean nationals with Red Notices issued by the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) were arrested by the Police Regional Office 7 (PRO-7) in Cebu City for illegal detention and online gambling operations.
The apprehended foreign nationals, whose names were not disclosed by PRO-7, were recently charged on October 2 with a separate complaint for violation of the Presidential Decree 1602 in relation to Republic Act 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
They were arrested on September 26 through warrants of arrest initially for serious illegal detention under Article 267 and slight illegal detention under Article 268 of the Revised Penal Code.
The said warrants were issued on September 23, following the report of an unidentified employee who alleged that he was illegally detained and deprived of two months’ worth of salary.
The complaint was positively verified by the Regional Special Project Unit (RSPU)-7, leading to the successful arrest of the nine suspects.
Some of the accused face no bail, while the others were meted with a fine of ?120,000 each, based on the court records.
Authorities also disclosed that five of the nine suspects were subjects of Red Notices from their home country, South Korea.
As of this writing, five suspects are currently detained at the custody of RSPU-7 while the other four are under the city’s detention facility, pending the filing of cases.