To address the increasing incidents of smuggling and drug trafficking in airports, the Bureau of Customs-NAIA is upgrading their facilities by adding 19 x-rays in the three terminals of NAIA, the Customs chief Isidro Lapeña bared on Thursday.
Two units and one unit of brand new Rapiscan x-ray machines are now installed at NAIA Terminal 1 and 3 respectively. Sixteen more x-rays will be installed at the three terminals of NAIA.
The winning bidder, Casedist Inc., will be installing 10 brand new units of Fixed Baggage X-Ray Machine; seven brand new units of Hand-Carried Baggage X-Ray Machine; and two brand new units of Mobile X-Ray Machine.
“The previous pronouncement of President Duterte not to open hand carried bags and luggage is loud and clear. With these new x-rays, his orders will be well implemented,” Commissioner Lapeña said.
X-ray examination of hand carried baggage is mandatory in the airports, “we can guard our borders while implementing the non-intrusive examination of bags,” he added. (BOC-PR)