Two Singaporeans were arrested in the Philippines for smuggling 76.1 million pesos (S$1.83 million) worth of cocaine into the country. Local authorities and Philippine media identified the mother-daughter duo as Siti Aishah Binte Wang, 63, a restaurant waitress, and Nur Alaviyah Binti Hanaffe, 39, a make-up artist, reported The Manila Times. The Bureau of Customs told the Manila Times that...
as Siti Aishah Binte Wang, 63, a restaurant waitress, and Nur Alaviyah Binti Hanaffe, 39, a make-up artist, reported The Manila Times.
They were caught for allegedly smuggling 14.36kg of "white powdered substance suspected to be cocaine", hidden in various types of containers packed under their luggage, said the airport inter-agency drug interdiction group., reported CNN Philippines. When questioned by Philippine media, Siti Aishah said: “I don’t know anything, because they said that this one is... nothing illegal.”
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