Philippine airport OTS' claim of gulping down chocolate and not stolen $300 - a lame excuse 

Irency morados who was caught on CCTV desperately swallowing stolen money from Chinese passenger insisted they were chocolates 

By Edward Era Barbacena 

Alibi" or lame  excuse of the screening officer Irency Morados of the NAIA that she only gulped down a chocolate, and not money, after being suspended for stealing $300 from a Chinese passenger which was caught on camera 

This is the statement of OTS Deputy Administrator Asec. Jose Briones Jr. when asked about the incident in the budget hearing of the Department of Transportation in the Philippine Senate.

CCTV footage of Irency Morados went viral on social media this past week where she was seen as a screening officer  swallowing a roll of dollar bills that were obviously stolen from  passenger's luggage.

"Initially that was the cover up or alibi, but subsequent footages caught by the CCTV... was she swallowed dollar bills," Briones said

Briones said the results of the investigation into the incident will be out within a month.

According to DOTr Sec. Jaime Bautista, 19 NAIA employees have already been fired from their positions starting July 2022 because they were caught stealing.

"They were caught stealing, getting something from the baggages of our passengers,"  Bautista said.

The senators were disappointed with the stealing incidents, but on the other hand, according to Sen. Grace Poe, it is necessary to continue installing more  CCTVs to intensify monitoring.