MANILA, Philippines — Reacting to the alleged bullet-planting or "laglag-bala" scam on Monday, the Philippine National Police Aviation Security Group (PNP-Avsegroup) warned passengers against taking bullets to airports.
Police Superintendent Jeanne Panisan, public information officer of PNP-Avsegroup, said among reasons cited by accosted passengers after bullets are discovered inside their luggage is their belief in amulets or good luck charms, locally called "agimat."
"May mga cases din po na sinasabi nila na agimat pero hindi po nila alam na bawal,” Panisan said in the press briefing.
Video lifted from PNP PIO/Released
Panisan also noted that the luggage may even be borrowed from relatives who own guns and may have failed to empty the bags of the bullets before lending them.
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Watch the video for other possible reasons cited by the PNP why there are more cases of apprehension and detention due to discovered bullets at the airport. — Text by Rosette Adel; Produced by Efigenio Toledo IV