Netflix’s hit original series “Narco-Saints” is inspired by true events. The show revolves around a character that is based on drug lord named Cho Bong-haeng who was active in Suriname from late the 1990s to early 2000s and the mission by the NIS, Drug Enforcement Administration and an ordinary entrepreneur to catch him.[NETFLIX]

Ha Jung-woo portrays a character based on a man only known by the initial K. K was initially contacted by the NIS after he lost his business due to fraud by Cho Bong-haeng. [NETFLIX]

Hwang Jung-min, on the far left, portrays portrays the character based on the drug lord Cho Bong-haeng. Unlike in the series, Cho did not disguise himself as a pastor for his crimes. [NETFLIX]

A scene from 2013 film ″Way Back Home,″ adapted from a true event where a poor housewife in Suriname becomes a drug mule for a drug trafficking organization run by Cho Bong-haeng. [CJ ENM]

Ha, who had met with K on the set of the series, described him as “brawny and energetic.” Director Yoon Jong-bin described K as “as someone who’s really gone through the mill.” [NETFLIX]

Unlike the character based on him in the series who had assistance from other undercover agents, K was alone in infiltrating the drug trafficking organization. [NETFLIX]

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