4/16/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly the identification tag and initials seen in the handle of the black bag differed from what was written on his identification card. He was then ordered to place this black bag at the counter's desk and to open the same.[26] Thereafter, Williams was taken to the Lost and Found Section where he was asked to admit ownership of a brown bag. Pictures of him beside the brown bag were then taken.[27] He identified himself before the NAIA personnel when he was requested to do so. The group then asked him to do them a favor by signing a statement with the name "Antonio Navarro" written on it. Williams claimed that when he refused to sign the same, Captain Algenio of the Customs Police ordered his men to beat him. They tied his legs, handcuffed him and hit him with a 3"x4" piece of wood. After this ordeal, Williams was ordered at gunpoint to affix his signature on the black and brown bags. His pleas for legal assistance were not heeded.[28] Williams was subsequently taken outside the airport to an office where he met a man who asked him if he knew the penalty for the offense of carrying prohibited drugs. Another group of men then took him to the office of Captain Samala. The latter frisked Williams and then took the 150 dollars and 75 pesos which were found in his pocket. The 150 dollars were not returned to Williams but the 75 pesos were given back to him to spend for his food. Thereafter, he was transferred to the Narcotics Command (Narcom) and then to a hospital for check-up of the injuries which he suffered as a result of the beatings but he was not attended to therein.[29] Williams also testified that under duress and without the assistance of counsel, he signed a receipt of property seized from him indicating that 63 packs of more or less 22.547 kilograms of heroin were found in one of his bags.[30] The 63 packs which were Williams were examined by testified that after taking subjecting the same to a found in the black and brown bags allegedly owned by PNP Crime Laboratory Forensic Chemist Noemi Austero who representative samples from each of these packs and qualitative examination, all 63 packs tested positive for heroin.[31] The heroin discovered in Williams' suitcases weighed 22.547 kilograms. As regards accused-appellant Manzanza Nzenza, Captain Algenio testified that after the arrest of accused Williams at the Departure Area, a follow-up team[32] was formed by NAIA District Commander, Major De la Cuesta, for the capture of another black man who, according to Williams, was also transporting prohibited drugs.[33] Upon orders of Major De la Cuesta, the team proceeded to the satellite area located within the NAIA departure area where they found a black man, who was later identified as the accused- appellant Manzanza Nzenza carrying a bag similar to that carried by Williams. Strongly suspecting that this was the other black man to whom Williams was referring, they asked him whether he had any checked-in luggage. He replied that he had none.[34] Unconvinced by Nzenza's reply, the team sought the assistance of a Philippine Airlines https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/52099 4/15