Manila, Sept. 10 -- Six Japanese nationals identified as members of a notorious crime syndicate were deported on Wednesday by the Bureau of Immigration (BI).

According to BI deportation and implementation unit chief, lawyer Alex Arciaga, Hiraki Ishikawa, 46; Tsubasa Amano, 30; Akira Sambonchiku, 26; Naoto Matsumoto, 36; Rintaro Yamane, 28 and Masato Morihiro, 38, left Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 on board a Japan Airlines flight to Tokyo on Wednesday morning.

The Japanese nationals were arrested on May 21 by the BI's Fugitive Search Unit (FSU) in two separate operations in San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan and Ermita, Manila.

Rintaro and Masato were arrested in a condominium unit along Adriatico St. in Ermita, wh...