A young mother reportedly attempted to smuggle her baby out of the Philippines in a rucksack.
Authorities at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) found the two-month-old infant concealed in his 25-year-old mother’s bag on Monday evening, according to network ABS-CBN.
The sleeping child was only discovered when the backpack was scanned by the X-ray machine at airport security.
The mother, from Papa New Guinea, was identified as nursing graduate Jenifer Pavolaurea. She claimed she had hidden her son because she did not have the correct documentation for him to leave the country.
Vicente L Guerzon Jr, assistant general manager for security and emergency services of the Manila International Airport Authority, told the broadcaster that Pavolaurea had already been questioned for staying in the Philippines after her immigration clearance had run out.
However, she was eventually allowed to continue her journey to Papua New Guinea and no charges were brought.
It is not the first instance of parents attempting to smuggle their relatively-newborns abroad. In 2012 an Egyptian couple put their five-month-old baby in their hand luggage because they did not have the right visa for him to enter the UAE.
He too was discovered when the bag went through a security check, but was unharmed.
A Hong Kong man has been caught trying to cross the border into China with almost 150 iPhones strapped to his body… for the FIFTH time!
The man, who was apparently picked out by customs because of his android-like gait (lol), was intercepted while attempting to cross the Lo Wu border checkpoint with 126 iPhones taped to his back and another 20 taped to his calves.
While that may be amazing in itself, what’s really ming-boggling is that, according to the People’s Daily Online, this dude has been caught trying to pull the same stunt four times before.
In total, he has been nabbed with 511 phones strapped to his body on separate occasions.
Imagine how many he actually got through!
The body-strap method is popular among parallel traders, with border officials reporting 23 similar cases, sometimes involving diamonds, gold and guns, since the start of the year.
And let's not forget this guy, who was arrested in January with 94 iPhones taped to himself.
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