A Filipino national who initially denied possessing methamphetamine changed her plea when she appeared for a hearing on Thursday. 

Arianne Fae Timblique through her lawyer Quentin Sauaga vacated her not guilty plea and admitted to the two charges before Senior Judge Justice Vui Clarence Nelson. 

She is facing one count of possession of methamphetamine 0.83 grams and one count of possession of a 44 Remington Magnum Super ammunition. 

The accused will appear in court next Monday for sentence and remains on bail. 

The Filipino national is a teacher in a vocational school in American Samoa and was charged following a transit at the Faleolo International Airport. 

On the afternoon of Friday 5 July 2024, the accused entered Samoa to transit to the Philippines.  

She cleared customs, met a church minister and spent time in Apia. 

In the early morning of Saturday 6 July, she went to Faleolo Airport to travel on Fiji Airways to Fiji, then to Singapore and finally to the Philippines. 

As she proceeded through airport security, methamphetamine and a bullet were allegedly found in the accused’s backpack.

The suspected methamphetamine seized by police has been tested by SROS and the test results were positive for the narcotic.