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The 63-year-old Singaporean restaurant waitress Siti Aishan Awang and her daughter Nur Alayiyah Hanaffe, 39, a make-up artist were arrested in Manila, Philippines Mains International Airport on Thursday( 28th of September, 2023) for allegedly trafficking 14.36kg of cocaine worth 76 million pesos, around HK$10.2 to the country.
The two flew from Doha, Qatar to Ninoy Aquino International Airport in the Philippines. They were detained after being interrogated by customs officers.
The initial reports from the source in Manila said that the cocaine was hidden in different packages such as cylindrical containers, biscuit tins, canisters and boxes placed under the suspects’ trolley and duffel bags.
The illegal drugs were seized by the Bureau of Customs, the Manila Times said.
The seized drugs and suspects were eventually handed over to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency for custody and a probe.
The Central Narcotics Bureau in Singapore said that the case has been notified but would not make any other comment while investigations by the Philippine government are ongoing.
“Central Narcotics Bureau will render any assistance required by our counterparts in their investigations … [and] would like to remind Singaporeans to stay clear away from drugs, locally and overseas,” the bureau said.
新加坡母女因販賣價值1,020萬港元毒品在菲律賓被捕
週四（2023年9月28日），63歲的餐廳女服務員Siti Aishan Awang和她39歲的化妝師女兒Nur Alayiyah Hanaffe在菲律賓馬尼拉國際機場被捕，罪名是涉嫌販運14.36公斤可卡因價值7600萬比索，約10.2港元。
兩人當時正從卡達多哈飛往菲律賓尼諾阿基諾國際機場。 他們在被海關官員審問後被拘留。
馬尼拉消息人士的初步報告稱，可卡因藏在不同的包裝中，例如圓柱形容器、餅乾罐、罐子和放在嫌疑人手推車和行李袋下的盒子。
《馬尼拉時報》稱，這些非法毒品已被海關局查獲。
查獲的毒品和犯罪嫌疑人最終被移交給菲律賓緝毒局進行監管和調查。
新加坡中央緝毒局表示，已通報此案，但在菲律賓政府正 在進行調查期間不會發表任何其他評論。
該局表示：“中央緝毒局將在調查過程中提供我們同行所需的任何協助……[並]提醒新加坡人遠離本地和海外的毒品。”
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