Quote Originally Posted by London_Manila View Post
I was forced to pay a bribe at NAIA just because i was taking out over 200 cigarettes
This was just inside the airport immediately after passing through the luggage scanner
Done in full view of everyone i was kind of gobsmacked
They take your passport and then look at the departure screens and ask you what flight you are on
Pay up sunny jim or your not flying anywhere is all part of the scam
The senior policeman demanded 2000 and i managed to barter it down to 1000
The bribe was described as "for me and the boys" the guys on the scanner are all in on it

You are in a lose lose situation with these scamming beggars don't pay up and they wont let you fly
its doesnt have anything to do with policemen or scanner operators so if you give in to their bribes then your just as bad as them -u could have left the 200 cigarettes to them instead -anyway since your only allowed to bring 200 into the uk -whos to say you wouldnt have to tax on those in uk - i brought 600 with me last time and nobody bribed me .