Philippines: General held by Russian customs for carrying 105 k euros

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Members of PMA Class 76 led by PDDG JESUS A VERZOSA (3rd from left) take a break after the PNP Transformation torch run at PRO ARMM. From left: PCSUPT JOEL GOLTIAO, PCSUPT ABNER CABALQUINTO, PDIR LEOPOLDO BATAOIL, PDIR JEFFERSON SORIANO, PDIR ELISEO DELA PAZ and PDIR SILVERIO ALARCIO JR.

In a time when crisis lurks the country it is quite not good news when you here one Government official held in a foreign country for carry a very big amount of cash.

If you are traveling abroad, one thing you would know is that you cannot carry a very big amount of cash. In the Philippines you are only allowed to carry 10,000 pesos when you travel abroad.

But the interesting thing is how was this general able to travel outside the Philippines carrying this amount of money?

MANILA, Philippines -- (UPDATE 2) After initial disagreements, the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) finally agreed Tuesday afternoon that a top-level police delegation to Russia, one of whose members was held by customs officials there, had been given P6.93 million for expenses.
PNP Director General Jesus Verzosa and police spokesman Chief Superintendent Nicano Bartolome also said that the expenses of the officials’ wives who went on the Russia trip were “personal.”

Earlier in the day, Bartolome said Dela Paz had a P7.5-million (approximately 120,000 euros) “contingency fund” with him when he was stopped by Russian customs officials at the Moscow airport, while Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno said the amount was P6.93 million (approximately 105,000 euros).