Wednesday, June 18, 2025
A 57-year-old woman and two other males from Tari in Hela province were arrested and charged by the Vision City Cop Shop police officers on June 12 while they were traveling in a taxi from Jackson Airport to their home. National Capital District Metropolitan Superintendent Warick Simatab confirmed that the three are now in custody and will appear in court anytime this week. According to the police brief, the couple was sighted at the airport acting suspiciously, and the security guards quickly alerted the police when they got into the cab and drove out of the airport. Superintendent Simatab said the security officers who tipped off the police also followed the taxi while communicating with the police, who stopped and searched the taxi, confirming the presence of marijuana inside. He stated that the officers then brought the three individuals to the cop shop, where they were interrogated and confirmed that the marijuana was their property.
“I want to thank the security officers at the airport and the police officers at Vision City for their well-organized communication that led to the apprehension of the three. I want to see more of that from the private sector, especially security guards. When the public and the police work together, those criminal-minded people will not have a place in the community. When we are honest in our work, we will see such results in what we are doing daily,” Metsupt Simatab said.
He also confirmed that people are bringing drugs from their respective provinces by plane but get away because of poor coordination between the police and security at the airports. He said that with this arrest, it was well coordinated, and the command will want to see more of such arrests.
“The three were charged under Section 63 (1) of the Controlled Substances Act 2021 for knowingly having in their possession eleven bags of wrapped marijuana that weighed 13 kg. They are now detained in awaitng their court date.
Security officers from the Airport showing the drug that were confiscated.
