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Notorious Korean drug trafficker 'Iris' caught in U.S.

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  • Published Aug 30, 2016 4:55 pm KST
  • Updated Aug 30, 2016 4:55 pm KST

The U.S.-based Korean drug trafficker, 41, known by the codename “Iris,” was arrested in June after a yearlong probe by Korean prosecutors and investigators from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the U.S. Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). She is in custody and will be extradited to Seoul in September. / Courtesy of YouTube

By Hong Dam-young

A U.S.-based Korean drug trafficker who allegedly has been supplying distributors in Korea was caught in Los Angeles, police said Tuesday.

The alleged trafficker, 41, known by the codename “Iris,” was arrested in June after a yearlong probe by Korean prosecutors and investigators from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the U.S. Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

She is in custody and will be extradited to Seoul in September.

Police said she is suspected of being a kingpin in the domestic drug supply network because her codename has been mentioned several times in the testimony of drug suppliers caught here.