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Footwear removal not required at PH airports for now

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<p>MANILA — The Office for Transportation Security (OTS) said Tuesday has suspended the mandatory footwear removal in all airports nationwide.</p><p>In a statement, OTS said starting October 13, passengers will only be required to remove their footwear when the alarm is triggered during security screening, or &quot;during increased security condition level&quot;.</p><p>OTS implemented the mandatory footwear removal last July 10 &quot;to detect and deter any prohibited items which may be concealed inside the footwear and used to commit acts of unlawful interference.&quot;</p><p>According to OTS, it was able to intercept an ammunition and a packet of suspected drugs from the shoes of a Chinese passenger last August 10.</p><p>Another incident was reported at Mactan-Cebu International Airport on the same day, where another passenger was arrested after suspected marijuana was found inside their shoe.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/18/23/footwear-removal-in-airport-strictly-implemented">OTS confirms strict implementation of footwear removal in airport</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/11/23/chinese-national-hides-bullets-drugs-inside-shoes-at-airport">Chinese national hides bullets, drugs inside shoes at airport</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2723660" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The Office for Transportation Security (OTS) said Tuesday has suspended the mandatory footwear removal in all airports nationwide.