A Filipino woman who arrived in Manila from Hawaii was found to be carrying 416 bullet casings for a .38 caliber gun when she was checked at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 on Monday.
The woman, who was on her way to Laoag in Northern Luzon, was detained by officers from the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) after they found bullet casings in her luggage, ABS-CBN News reported.
The bullet casings were found in a resealable plastic bag in one of her bags during an X-ray. She said her brother-in-law asked her to carry a box home and she was assured the box only contained clothes.
After a manual inspection, the MIAA confiscated the bullet casings – the shells without explosives or the actual bullet – and allowed the woman to board her connecting flight to Laoag.
Ed Monreal, the general manager of MIAA, said passengers should check their bags and make sure items they were asked to carry were not prohibited.
Bullet casings are not illegal to transport or possess.
Is the passengers luggage inspection in the USA (Hawaii) is is loose and lenient, compared to ours in NAIA? Beside, bullet casing is not a ban item for passenger to carry.
It seems bullet/shell casings are allowed. Maybe our immigration should look into this Air Transportation System rule.
Not Du30s fault anymore. This is abuse on his kindness.
Why immigration?
Who said it was his fault?
His kindness?
Coastom not immigration…beside passenger pass from hawaii airport..
luh! casing lang yun, bawal ba! la naman laman? as in, " box lng! prohibated yan?
Star Tamara Tan yeah, that is also in my mind, she pass the inspection in hawaii, then in philippines no? baka gusto nila, hingiin na lng, wag na sabihin"bawal" haisst!
abuse of kindness? who?
How about gun holster? Ban or not.
I think its not allowed in hk
Mary Sarah Georgie Flores
Actually it is the bro inlaw fault, Why can’t he be honest telling the truth to the poor woman what is inside the luggage ? The bro inlaw should blame for this !
Defensive kagad?
Bakit naman di na-declared, bakit pa nag deny yong nagpadala..wala namang problema, casing lang naman pala! By denying, of course nagkaroon ng duda ang authorities…
Bacause of its harmless nature, Bullet casing or shell are not prohibited. What is illigal is the real bullet.
Iwasan nating mangutang lalo na sa mga nagpapa interest kung kaya natin.Wag tayong gumasta ng higit sa ating income.May ilan kasi diko namn linalahat na ang ugali ay luho dito luho doon na kahit lagpas sa,sueldo ang nagagastos ok lng saka mangungutang.Kaka stress po mangutang lalo na kung may interes pa.Kung may gusto tayong bilhin pag ipunan na lng muna wag na ung uutangin ung gusto nating bilhin sayang ang interes.