Flight leaves manila NAIA with just the crew on board

[Trefor]

Since the bullet incident/video, how many more have been caught by this sting? Surely those doing this will not try it again for a while with all the publicity?

[Terpe]

Since the bullet incident/video, how many more have been caught by this sting? Surely those doing this will not try it again for a while with all the publicity?

There's a daily list.
Proving a scam is itself proving difficult as yet.

You still get folks carrying bullets as 'amulets'. Others carrying live ammo who know nothing about it.
Still get the stupids who claim they forgot they still have legal firearms and/or ammo in their bags

Today on the TV news we saw an American who got caught and detained for carrying a pistol and ammo in his padlocked toolbox. Yep, he forgot it was there too.

It's getting difficult to understand what the hell is going on

[Trefor]

There's a daily list.
Proving a scam is itself proving difficult as yet.

You still get folks carrying bullets as 'amulets'. Others carrying live ammo who know nothing about it.
Still get the stupids who claim they forgot they still have legal firearms and/or ammo in their bags

Today on the TV news we saw an American who got caught and detained for carrying a pistol and ammo in his padlocked toolbox. Yep, he forgot it was there too.

It's getting difficult to understand what the hell is going on

I understand stupid people do things like this all the time, but I would have expected the Philippines customs/baggage or whoever to cut back while the noise level drops. But if they're still doing it to people daily at NAIA then there is something REALLY wrong, not just a bit of corruption?