AN AIRPLANE passenger got himself in serious trouble for allegedly carrying a prohibited substance in his flight to Bacolod City.
The passenger was arrested at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 while about to board his Philippine Airlines flight to Bacolod.
Two screening officers of the Office for Transportation Security (OTS) confiscated a plastic sachet purportedly containing illegal drugs from the passenger whose identity was withheld pending further investigations.
The OTS referred the case to the NAIA Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group, and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency which conducted a test on the substance, confirming it to be methamphetamine locally known as shabu prohibited under Republic Act No. 9165.
OTS officer-in-charge Jose Briones Jr. emphasized the agency’s commitment to working closely with other government agencies to prevent the entry of illegal and dangerous items at the airport.
“I commend the OTS Security Screening Officers for their vigilance in detecting prohibited items. We will continue working with other government agencies to maintain the security in our airports,”
Briones said.