Filipino-American questioned at the airport on the introduction of empty bullets

Manila: Airport authorities have renewed warnings to passengers to be wary of items that other people have asked them to transport to the country for them, lest the article be a prohibited object .

Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) Ed Monreal again appealed to passengers to check their baggage or ensure that items sent by them are exempt from any prohibited items after a Philippine passenger -americain arrived in the Philippines on July 2 was detained for questioning by the authorities for introducing the country has 416 empty shells .38 caliber in his luggage

According to Filipino rules, ammunition for firearms – which They are complete, or simply individual components such as empty cartridges, slugs, powder, primers, among others, are among the items forbidden to passengers from entering the airport.

Security officers intercepted the anonymous passenger at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 after the empty ammunition was checked by the airport baggage inspectors.

"During the routine X-ray inspection, control officers Dominic Charize Almazan watched an image resembling a large quantity of ammunition in a baggage bound for Laoag (Ilocos North Philippines). Monreal said:

The passenger turned out to be a Filipino with US citizenship who arrived aboard a flight from Honolulu, Hawaii and has a connection link.

Upon a manual inspection carried out by airport personnel in the presence of the passenger, the luggage delivered 416 empty cartridges that were placed in a clear plastic bag placed in the interior of a box. during the investigation, the box belonged to his brother-in-law who had asked him to bring it. She also testified that she was assured that only clothes were inside the box, "said Mr. Monreal.

As the items found were on the list of items prohibited to passengers , they were confiscated

"The MIAA and other airports in the country have been very cautious in handling incidents regarding firearm ammunition allegedly found among objects carried by passengers." to a controversy over bullet-extortion incidents that ravaged several Filipino airports several months ago.

Several airport employees, including some of the police, were fired after investigations revealed that an employee used bullets in the personal belongings of the passengers in order to extort them.