Security rep at airport caught swallowing US$300 stolen off passenger’s wallet


Caught on camera: The officer did not notice that she was facing a security camera as she was stuffing the money into her mouth, in this screencap from the video footage. — The Straits Times/ANN

A screening officer at Manila’s international airport has stirred outrage online after she was seen in a video swallowing US$300 (RM1,406) worth of cash filched off a passenger’s wallet.

Footage from an airport security camera showed the officer – identified by the state-run Philippine News Agency as Irency Morados – stuffing US$300 worth of bills into her mouth.

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