The Bureau of Immigration at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has facilitated the deportation of eight alleged members of a robbery group wanted in Japan for a string of robberies.

The eight Japanese boarded a Japan Airline flight at 9:45 a.m. and are expected to be turned over to Japanese authorities.

They were identified as Harada Shota, Nakamura Naoto, Endo Sueiro, Kobayashi Mikio, Otani Takuya,  Mayuumi Kaito and Sakiyama Kenta.