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Thai druglord had surgery to look like ‘handsome Korean man’ and evade cops

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A Thai drug lord has been busted despite getting plastic surgery while on the run to look like a “handsome Korean man,” according to cops.

Saharat Sawangjaeng, 25, was busted Thursday after more than three months on the run — while pretending to be a South Korean national named Jimin Seong, cops told the Bangkok Post.

Mugshots showed how he’d seemingly completely changed his appearance in a case being likened to the 1997 action flick “Face/Off.”

“None of his original face was left,” a police official told the outlet.

Sawangjaeng was accused by cops of being a “drug lord” who was “one of the main causes of Bangkok’s MDMA epidemic” who flooded clubs with ecstasy.


Mugshots showing transformation of suspected Thai drug lord Saharat Sawangjaeng.
“None of his original face was left,” a police official said of the surgery.
Thailand National Police

Despite being on the run, he continued behind-the-scenes dealings in his drug empire, helping cops locate him at his luxury condo where he was hiding out.

However, neighbors told them that only a “handsome Korean man” lived there — whom police ultimately realized was their suspect.

He reportedly told cops that he planned to move to South Korea, even though he cannot speak the language.

“I want to start a new life. I am bored of Thailand,” he said during the arrest, according to the BBC.

Local media called it the “Face/Off” case after the John Woo movie starring Nicolas Cage and John Travolta as an FBI officer and a criminal who swap faces.

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