A woman carrying a baby in the suitcase was arrested at an airport | Chronic

An American woman was arrested in the Philippines after allegedly trying to leave the country with a baby in her carry-on baggage.

The spokesman of the Philippine Immigration Office, Melvin MabulacHe added that he had received Wednesday, around 6:20, an article according to which a 43-year-old woman had been trapped with a six-day-old child in her purse at Ninoy International Airport. Aquino of Manila.

According to Mabulac, the woman seemed to travel alone and only presented her personal pbadport. But when the staff inspected a large handbag, they found the baby inside.

"I did not have a travel document for the baby" said the spokesperson. The woman had claimed to be the aunt of the child, but had not provided any proof of kinship, she reported. CNN Philippines.

The case was badigned to the Trafficking Division of the National Bureau of Investigation of the Philippines.