The Daily Tribune
Departing passenger with P5-M intercepted
The Office for Transportation Security (OTS) intercepted P5.3 million in undeclared Philippine currency from a male foreign passenger at NAIA Terminal 1 who was bound for Narita, Japan.
The undeclared cash was discovered during a routine X-ray screening by OTS Security Screening Officer Marvin Cruz, who initially mistook it for prohibited liquid items.
Baggage inspector SSO Vanessa Mendoza found bundles of P1,000 bills and loose bills during a manual inspection of the passenger's bag.
The passenger was traveling via Philippine Airlines flight PR432 to Narita, Japan.
The Bureau of Customs calculated the total undeclared currency to be P5,321,789.65.
The passenger was instructed by the Bureau of Customs to obtain permission from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to carry the entire amount of cash on their flight.
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