Manila, Sept. 5 -- Bureau of Immigration (BI) fugitive search unit (FSU) operatives have arrested a Japanese man for allegedly being a member of the notorious Luffy syndicate in Angeles City, Pampanga.

In a statement on Friday, Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado identified the foreigner as Ohnishi Kentaro, 47, who was arrested in an operation with the Philippine National Police (PNP) along Friendship Highway in Barangay Cutcut, Angeles City on Thursday.

The foreigner was tagged as an undesirable alien after the BI received information from the Japanese government that an arrest warrant was issued by the Tokyo Summary Court in 2022 for theft in violation of the Japanese Penal Code.

The suspect and his accomplices allegedly stole ATM card...