Cocaine packages found in foreigner's luggage at NAIA

By Benjamin L. Vergara

Mar 22, 2023 10:53 am

A drug courier from Turkey was stopped at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) following an informant's tip that he was carrying a significant quantity of illegal drugs.

Turkish traveller Kemal Ozenir, 48, a passenger of Emirates flight EK332 from Dubai, was arrested on Tuesday for attempting to smuggle into the country 3,945 grams of cocaine concealed in bath soaps and 1,500 milliliters of liquid cocaine mixed with lotions with an estimated value of P28,858,500.'

ILLEGAL PACKAGE BoC-NAIA shows the cocaine which was hidden inside the luggage of a Turkish passenger who arrived on Tuesday afternoon, March 21, 2023, via Emirates flight. PHOTO COURTESY OF BOC-NAIA

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