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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Politics
Emmanuel Morilla

'Mission Impossible': South Korean Drug Kingpin's $74,000 Drone Escape Plan Ends in Spectacular Failure

Park’s temporary repatriation placed him under South Korean investigation over allegations that he directed a cross-border drug operation while serving a Philippine murder sentence (Credit: Screenshot/JTBC News/Youtube)

A convicted South Korean drug boss allegedly spent about 100 million won on a plan to escape a Philippine detention facility by strapping himself to a heavy‑lift drone and flying over the prison wall, but the operation reportedly collapsed after test-flight footage emerged in Philippine media.

Some reports put the outlay at roughly $74,000 (about £55,000), although South Korean outlets cited the underlying figure of 100 million won.

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