10/10
The series is based on the true story of the arrest of 'Cho Bong-haeng, a suriname drug king', and is full of immersion and tension
19 September 2022
Warning: Spoilers
The plot is well organized with a sense of urgency. Actors are also very good at acting and full of excitement. The series is short, so the immersion is excellent. Narco-Saints is based on a true story. I enjoyed watching while concentrating until the end. Narco Saints is based on the truth that Cho Bong-haeng, a Korean and Suriname drug king, was arrested in 2009. The case, known as the "Arrest Operation of Suriname Drug King Cho Bong-haeng," was also reported in the Korean media in 2009.

Cho Bong-haeng is the real person of "Jeon Yo-hwan," a drug dealer in the Narco-Saints series. According to Korean investigators and media reports, drug king Cho Bong-haeng has been trafficking drugs in Surinam since 1995. Cho Bong-haeng said that former President Surinam, Desi Bouterse, had been close since decades ago when he was a soldier. According to South Korean investigators, Cho used Desi Bouterse's villa as a drug carrier accommodation. Jo Bong-haeng became Suriname's leading drug trafficker by trading drugs with the Cali cartel. It was also revealed that Cho Bong-haeng was a friend of Suriname dictator Desi Bouterse and was protected by Suriname military police in the past. Cho was wanted by Interpol in 2004 for allegedly smuggling cocaine into Europe. Suriname, however, could not be arrested immediately because there was no extradition treaty with South Korea. Cho Bong-haeng was eventually arrested at an airport in Brazil in 2009 in an international-cooperative arrest operation by the South Korean National Intelligence Service, prosecutors, internal collaborators, the U. S. DEA and Brazilian police.

Meanwhile, in Jo Bong-haeng's arrest operation, Korean civilian were deployed as agents of disguised transactions, just like the main character Kang In-gu, the main character of Narco-Saints. All of this is true. The shocking true story is similar to the Netflix series Narco-Saints. The true story is even more dramatic This made the reality of the story stand out even more.

Narco-Saints has excellent directing, actor and plot. It is comparable to the 'Narcos: Mexico' series.
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