On the night of January 6 , 1995 , she was suspicious about a small fire that went out unassisted at the Doña Josefa Apartments ; her suspicions were augmented by a wave of bombings that hit Metro Manila , and Philippine Airlines Flight 434 . This led her to uncover a terrorist plot made by alleged Al Qaida agents named Operation Bojinka . She came to the apartment with a partner , looked around , and left after a telephone rang . She had to ask 11 judges to find one that would grant her a search warrant . She , along with a group of investigators and police then uncovered evidence , before arresting a suspect who called himself Ahmed Saeed . She refused to let go of a suspect , who turned out to be Abdul Hakim Murad , after he offered her 110,740 Philippine pesos ( $ 2,000 U.S. dollars )
Flight 434
Philippine Airlines Flight 434
Aida Fariscal