Narco-Saints
Narco-Saints
The work unfolds an operation combining a fabricated deal and an armed standoff to arrest Jeon Yo-hwan. Kang In-gu works with the National Intelligence Service and approaches Jeon Yo-hwan’s organization while pretending to be involved in a drug deal. Kang In-gu travels blindfolded to a location where a large quantity of cocaine is stored.
OVERALL TRUTH BASIS · Fact-based dramatization
An adaptation originating from the case of a Korean drug trafficker active in Suriname and an investigation conducted with civilian cooperation
FACT / FICTION
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7 records<Narco-Saints> is a South Korean drama/series released in 2022.
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- The work can be identified through official broadcaster and platform pages.
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- 수리남 공식 시청 페이지Netflix · Production material · Grade AOpen source →
The core factual basis of <Narco-Saints> is 'an adaptation originating from the case of a Korean drug trafficker active in Suriname and an investigation conducted with civilian cooperation.'
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- An adaptation originating from the case of a Korean drug trafficker active in Suriname and an investigation conducted with civilian cooperation
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- 수리남 실제 마약상·수사 사건 보도동아일보 · Creator interview · Grade BOpen source →
Cho Bong-haeng is a real person connected to the work's factual basis.
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- Cho Bong-haeng's existence and historical role as a Korean drug criminal were confirmed through direct sources.
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- 수리남 실제 마약상·수사 사건 보도동아일보 · Creator interview · Grade BOpen source →
The work is classified as one that takes real people and events as its central axis while adapting character relationships, scenes, and the passage of time for a feature-length drama narrative.
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- reelVerity records directly verifiable historical facts separately from dramatic reconstruction.
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- 수리남 공식 시청 페이지Netflix · Production material · Grade AOpen source →
- 수리남 실제 마약상·수사 사건 보도동아일보 · Creator interview · Grade BOpen source →
The NIS's actual operation to apprehend Cho Bong-haeng was an approximately two-year undercover investigation with the cooperation of civilian K.
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- Kang In-gu works with the NIS, posing as a drug dealer to approach Jeon Yo-hwan's organization.
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- The Dong-A Ilbo reported that the actual operation was named 'Blommestein' and lasted approximately two years after the NIS asked local Korean resident K to cooperate in January 2008.
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- 수리남 실제 마약상·수사 사건 보도동아일보 · Creator interview · Grade BOpen source →
The scene in which a civilian informant, blindfolded, confirmed a quantity of 1.2 tons of cocaine is based on actual testimony.
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- Kang In-gu is taken blindfolded to a location where a large quantity of cocaine is stored.
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- The Dong-A Ilbo reported testimony from actual informant K, who said they were transported blindfolded and saw approximately 1.2 tons of cocaine in person.
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- 수리남 실제 마약상·수사 사건 보도동아일보 · Creator interview · Grade BOpen source →
Cho Bong-haeng was arrested at São Paulo Airport in Brazil on July 23, 2009.
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- The work depicts an operation combining a fictitious deal with an armed standoff to apprehend Jeon Yo-hwan.
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- The Dong-A Ilbo reported that Cho Bong-haeng was arrested at São Paulo Airport on July 23, 2009, repatriated to South Korea in 2011, and given a final sentence of 10 years in prison by the Supreme Court.
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- 수리남 공식 시청 페이지Netflix · Production material · Grade AOpen source →
- 수리남 실제 마약상·수사 사건 보도동아일보 · Creator interview · Grade BOpen source →
CHARACTER ↔ PERSON
Characters and real people
강인구
Fictionalized real person전요환
Fictionalized real personBased on a real personCho Bong-haeng →
Sources used
- 수리남 공식 시청 페이지Netflix · Production material · Grade AOpen source →
- 수리남 실제 마약상·수사 사건 보도동아일보 · Creator interview · Grade BOpen source →