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  1. Join Date
    Jan 2003
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    #1
    better be safe than sorry.

    > > > PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY AND TELL ALL OUR
    > KABABAYANS WHO PLAN TO GO
    > > > HOME NOT ONLY THIS CHRISTMAS BUT ANYTIME THEY GO
    > HOME TO THEIR LOVED
    > > > ONES.
    > > >
    > > > Please pass this to your friends..
    > > >
    > > > Unbelievable!! With Christmas fast approaching,
    > several enterprising
    > > > crooks at the NAIA have cooked up another easy
    > money scheme to fund
    > > > their Christmas shopping. A bullet or two is
    > slipped inside bags with
    > > > outside zippers and so when the poor sod claims
    > his luggage, he is
    > > > arrested for carrying an"accessory to a
    > dangerous weapon". But the
    > > story does not end with him in some airport
    > detention room, no, he is carted
    > > > to the Pasay police station where he has to
    > spend the night alongside
    > > > recidivists (habitual criminals) and other scums
    > of the earth. And the
    > > > place ain't no Hilton either. After 12 hours or
    > so inside the slammer,
    > > > feelers will be sent to see if he's willing to
    > settle the case for a
    > > > measly sum of 60k, that is, 60k EACH for the
    > judge and whoever else
    > > > wants to milk him dry. A little bit of haggling
    > occurs and voila, he's
    > > a free man once again.
    > > >
    > > >The above situation really happened but in real
    > life, the bullet
    > > wasn't found in some man's luggage, it was
    > "discovered" in a 75 year old
    > > > woman's bag. And the 75 year old woman had to be
    > carried out of the
    > > jail cell after she agreed to pay settle with
    > the law enforcement officers.
    > > > She was carried out because she could barely
    > walk after spending the
    > > > night in the cramped and stinky jail cell. The
    > 75 year old woman was
    > > > represented by our pediatrician's lawyer husband
    > who again had to represent her after
    > > > the NAIA official found another bullet in her
    > luggage on her way back
    > > to the US. Oh well, maybe the lola really was a
    > terrorist or perhaps she
    > > > just became a juicier target because the crooks
    > already knew that she
    > > > was willing to settle. You decide. Atty. Romero
    > says that this sort of
    > > > case is the third he's handled in the last few
    > months. No surprise
    > > > there, for it seems to be a very well-oiled
    > operation and it will
    > > > probably be implemented more now what with the
    > upcoming barra ge of
    > > > balikbayans coming home in time for the
    > holidays. So as not to become
    > > a victim, please lock your checked-in luggage,
    > even those outside and
    > > side zippers. Or better yet, get one of those
    > hard cases with no zippers or
    > > > pockets in front or on the side. At least this
    > way, no opportunity
    > > will be created for some unscrupulous person
    > to slip in a little extra in
    > > > your bag and thus create a little extra for
    > himself.
    > > >

  2. Join Date
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    #2
    I think it's been posted before, and there was some debate as to whether this was a hoax.

  3. Join Date
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    #3
    napansin ko lang when i arrived last Sat panay ang "merry christmas" ng airport personnel (from cart area - carousel/luggage claim area - exit after customs check) ... sabi ko din "merry christmas

  4. Join Date
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    #4
    Quote Originally Posted by nemo's friend
    napansin ko lang when i arrived last Sat panay ang "merry christmas" ng airport personnel (from cart area - carousel/luggage claim area - exit after customs check) ... sabi ko din "merry christmas
    hehehe......... i like that....ill try to do this on my inaanak

  5. Join Date
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    #5
    bro ask nyo sa mga members ng mason yun story kasi ang gumawa ng letter na yan ay attorney na member ng mason at yun isang forumer sa isang message board ang nagpatunay dahil friend nya yun attorney

  6. Join Date
    Mar 2005
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    #6
    my dad's a mason and he has been warning me since May pa na may modus operandi na ganyan talaga even sa domestic airports. when we touched down sa Caticlan at 7am, tinawagan nya ako kagad 'bout this.

another modus operandi of dirty cops!