A drug dealer who smuggled 10 billion won ($8.3 million) worth of methamphetamine abroad was nabbed at Incheon International Airport, the Korean police said Thursday.

Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said a 44-year-old drug ring member surnamed Song was arrested on charges of secretly bringing in a total of 3 kilograms of meth from the Philippines since last October and distributing them here.

Song was arrested on Jan.12 by police who had been waiting for Song’s arrival at the airport, following a tip-off. He was caught with 1 kilogram of meth that as bagged and stitched onto the inside of his backpack.

The police said the Philippines resident Song had smuggled the drug through Incheon Airport twice last year using the same method, bringing 1 kilogram of meth each time from Manila.

He is suspected to have worked for the 56-year-old drug dealer surnamed Kim who ran away to Manila after he was put on the wanted list in 2008 for charges of selling drugs.

The police added that 3 kilograms of meth is the amount that can be injected by about 100,000 people. This is more than double the total amount of meth that was confiscated in Seoul City last year.

(khnews@heraldcorp.com)