Two of the most terrifying things in the world, meth and North Korea, collide. Back in September, a group of men were arrested while conspiring to smuggle 100 kilos of “North Korean-produced methamphetamine” into New York City. Earlier this week, they arrived in New York, where they are scheduled to be prosecuted in the Manhattan Federal Court, ABC News reports.

The five defendants spawn from all corners of the globe. Two are British, one is Chinese, one is Filipino and the other is Thai. They were arrested in Thailand after authorities discovered that two of them, Ye Tiong Tan Lim and Kelly Alan Reyes Peralta, agreed to sell the product to sources working in the DEA. The two are both members of a Hong Kong-based criminal organization.

Lim claimed that the organization is not the only one of its kind with access to the drug, according to an indictment. “‘Because before, there were eight [other organizations]. But now only us, we have the NK product. . . . [I]t’s only us who can get from North Korea.’ Lim further explained that, because of recent international tensions, the North Korean government had destroyed some methamphetamine labs, leaving behind only the labs of Lim’s organization: ‘And all the, the North Korean government already burned all the labs. Only our labs are not closed...To show Americans that they [the North Korean government] are not selling it any more, they burned it. Then they transfer to another base.’ Lim explained that his organization had stockpiled one ton of North Korean methamphetamine in the Philippines for storage, ‘[b]ecause we already anticipated this thing would happen . . . [whereby] we cannot bring out our goods right now.’”

Following their agreement with the DEA members, they sent a sample of the product to their associate Philip Shackels in New York. It tested more than 98 percent methamphetamine, which is considerably higher than the average meth found on the street. The defendants could face a minimum of ten years in prison or a maximum of life in prison if found guilty.

“Methamphetamine is a dangerous, potentially deadly drug, whatever its origin. If it ends up in our neighborhoods, the threat it poses to public health is grave whether it is produced in New York, elsewhere in the U.S., or in North Korea," Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement. "This investigation shows our determination to close a potential floodgate of supply.”