A supposed happy vacation of a family almost became a nightmare after they were blocked by several airport security personnel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on March 6, 2025, due to an amulet made by a bullet allegedly found in her bag.
In her Facebook post, Ruth Adel said that she was already in the process of boarding their flight to Vietnam when several airport security personnel approached them and informed them that they found a suspicious banned item in her bag.
Adel claimed that the officials invited them to a room so they could scrutinize their items, but they refused.
The airport security eventually cleared them as they couldn’t see the suspicious item in her bag.
In a video posted by Adel, the said bag also included an envelope where they stored their pocket money.
“Hindi ako pumayag dahil nagstart na nga ang boarding ng flight namin. Sinabi ng anak ko kung may nakita kung ichecheck nyo, icheck nyo dito hindi na kami babalik dun sa haba ng tinakbo namin at senior ang nanay ko” sabi ng anak ko.. nag magmatigas kami, pilit nilang idinidelay ang pag-alis namin na kesyo tatawagin daw ang supervisor para malaman pano gagawin. sobrang tagal at 6 mins nalang aalis na ang eroplano.. halos mahimatay ako sa galit at nerbyos sa sinasabi nila at pagmamakaawa na ako na icheck na nila dun ang bag ko.. . pero pinilit pa din ipaantay ang supervisor.. Dumating ang supervisor, sabi nung unang kumausap sakin sa supervisor niya, “maam dito po nila pinapacheck”, (tinuturo niya maleta ko, ako naman bubuksan ko na). Sabay sabi ng supervisor “hindi naman dyan eh, sa handbag po nakita”. Ang sagot ng isa “ay hindi ba dyan??”(tumatawa ung babae) Sabi ng supervisor “oo.” Tas may pinapakita siyang picture ng xray ng bag,” she said.
“Bag ko raw yun. Sa pagkakaalam ko wala naman laman ang bag ko na mga susi gaya ng nasa picture na pinapakita nila sakin. Nagtataka na ako, bat hindi consistent ang sinasabi nila qt hindi nagtutugma. Pinakita namin sakanila ang laman ng bag at halos itaob na ng anak ko ang bag ko para lang mapakita na wala naman akong bitbit na contrabando o ano man ipinagbabawal na bitbitin. Sa totoo sa buong buhay ko,hindi pa ako nakakakita ng basyo ng bala na sinasabi nila.. sa pelikula lang. kaya napaka impossible. Nang wala silang makita, bigla silang nagtalikudan dahil naka video sila pilit nilang sinasabi na bawal mag video pero diba bawal din yang ginagawa nila. Bigla na lang silang nagatalikuran na para bang walang halaga ang nararamdaman ko at para bang hindi sila naka perwisyo ng tao. Tinatakpan nila mga name tag nila,” she added.
As of writing, the management of NAIA has yet to give their comment on the issue.
Several netizens were concerned that the ‘Laglag Bala’ modus was happening again.
Laglag Bala is known for victimizing passengers by intentionally planting illegal items, which include a bullet in the baggage of their victims.