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AUTHORITIES on Saturday night arrested a South African national for allegedly carrying P42.16 million worth of shabu at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 in Pasay City.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Suspect Phillip Theunissen, 31, who arrived from Addis Ababa, <\/strong> Ethiopia<\/strong>., was caught during an interdiction operation at the NAIA at around 9:20 p.m. on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Prior to the arrest, airport authorities noticed suspicious items in Theunissen\u2019s luggage while at the x-ray screening area.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Airport personnel inspected the suspect\u2019s luggage and found around 6.2 kilos of shabu in a transparent plastic pouch wrapped with packing tape.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The illegal drugs were stashed beneath the suspect\u2019s clothes.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Police confiscated Theunissen\u2019s passport, cell phone and travel documents.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The South African man and the seized illegal drugs were immediately turned over to PDEA for inquest proceedings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Charges for importing illegal drugs under Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Law were filed against the arrested foreigner.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AUTHORITIES on Saturday night arrested a South African national for allegedly carrying P42.16 million worth of shabu at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/umru5qef.png",548,332,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/umru5qef-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/umru5qef-300x182.png",300,182,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/umru5qef.png",548,332,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/umru5qef.png",548,332,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/umru5qef.png",548,332,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/umru5qef.png",548,332,false],"kreeti-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/umru5qef.png",548,332,false],"kreeti-featured":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/umru5qef.png",548,332,false],"kreeti-medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/umru5qef.png",548,332,false],"kreeti-medium-square":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/umru5qef-350x332.png",350,332,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Metro<\/a>","tag_info":"Metro","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9243,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9241\/revisions\/9243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}