Departing seaman detained at airport for dropping cigarette… two years ago

 

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BI Arrests Departing Seaman For Littering 2 Years Ago in Guadalupe, Makati – www.plnmedia.com

A departing seaman was held at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) after his name popped up on the Bureau of Immigration’s ‘alert list’.

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Raul Samson had failed to pay a 500-peso fine from an incident when he ‘improperly disposed’ of a cigarette butt in Guadalupe, Makati, in 2013.

This fine for Republic Act #9003 (the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000) saw Samson arrested.