Suspecting it contained contraband, Bureau of Customs (BOC) brokers destroyed a toy airplane owned by an abroad Filipino employee (OFW) from Hong Kong solely to search out it was empty.
In a viral video, a BOC agent stationed on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) will be seen smashing Rachelle Anne Ramos’ airplane determine after allegedly detecting an object inside it following an X-ray scan, Ian Cruz reported on “24 Oras” on Monday.
Ramos mentioned she was making an attempt to catch her connecting flight to Laoag City when airport personnel stopped her. She mentioned the BOC agent ran her belongings via the X-ray machine twice and had a sniffer canine verify whether or not belongings contained contraband.
“Baka akala nila may droga nga…There’s something inside nga doon na ako nagtaka,” she mentioned.
(Maybe they had been pondering there have been medicine inside. That’s why I used to be puzzled.)
To pace up the method and catch her flight Ramos mentioned she allowed the BOC personnel to destroy her toy. There was nothing inside.
“Mas maganda if mag upgrade sila ng X-ray machine. Yung talagang malinaw yung image na sinasabi nila, ‘There’s something image inside the plane’. Confident sila sa sarili nila na kung ano nasa loob ng plane,” Ramos mentioned.
(It can be higher in the event that they acquired a greater X-ray machine so the pictures can be clear. They had been assured there was one thing contained in the toy.)
BOC Assistant Commissioner and Spokesperson Vincent Maronilla apologized for the incident and mentioned they might heed the OFW’s suggestion to enhance the screening of passengers’ baggage. — Sundy Mae Locus/DVM, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
