No Jun was arrested by police on April 5 in Pasay City. Photo courtesy of PNP-DEG

MANILA -- (UPDATED) The Philippine National Police (PNP) has deployed tracker teams in hot pursuit of the Korean-American drug suspect who escaped from custody while confined at East Avenue Medical Center.

PDEG's Mijares confirms Jun No escaped authorities while confined at hospital after surgical operation for acute appendicitis. @ABSCBNNews pic.twitter.com/YEeNMfflJP — Maan Macapagal (@maan_macapagal) April 16, 2017

Jun No, aka Jazz, was arrested in an entrapment operation last April 5 set up by the PNP-Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG) and the Special Enforcement Service of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (SES-PDEA) in a parking lot at Seaside Boulevard, Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City.

Authorities recovered 140 Ecstasy tablets in his possession.

Last April 10, while in PDEA custody, No complained of stomach pain and was immediately brought to the East Avenue Medical Center where he had surgical operation for acute appendicitis.

In the hospital, No was guarded by one PDEA operative, and an augmentation, one operative from PDEG.

No escaped 6 a.m. Saturday, the day he was about to be discharged.

According to initial findings, the PDEG operative was having breakfast while the PDEA operative fell asleep.

Also present in the hospital is No’s Filipina companion Darlene Son, who was given a Korean nickname Soe Yang.

Son was immediately arrested and charged with coddling under Republic Act 9165.

Hospital closed circuit television (CCTV) camera footage showed No walking out of the hospital.

Authorities said No still had handcuffs and will most likely need medical attention because of his fresh wound.

Son said she gave No P3,000 prior to his escape.

PDEG acting director Senior Superintendent Graciano Mijares said tracker teams of the PNP and PDEA are now in hot pursuit to finding the fugitive.

Authorities are also investigating into how No was able to escape.