Customs agents at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have arrested another suspected drug mule carrying a baggage with P92.2 million worth of shabu from South Africa.
The authorities accosted the 40-year old foreigner, who along with her nine-year old daughter, arrived at NAIA Terminal 3 late Friday night via flight EK 334, from Johannesburg.
The arrest was conducted in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the NAIA Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group. The team found 13 kilos of shabu stashed in a false compartment of the luggage the woman was carrying.
The foreigner is now in the custody of PDEA while her daughter will be placed under deportation proceedings.
The suspect will be charged with violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act (Republic Act 9165) in relation to Sections 118 (Prohibited Importation), 1113 (Goods Liable for Seizure and Forfeiture), and 1401 (Unlawful Importation) of the Republic Act 10863, otherwise known as the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA).
On Thursday night, a Norwegian passenger was also arrested for trying to bring in 8.34 kilos of shabu worth at P56.7 million.