Furious supporters of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte protested after he was arrested at an airport in the Philippines for alleged crimes against humanity.

Footage shows the crazed fanatics screaming strongman Duterte's name as they marched toward the Villamor Air Base in Metro Manila where he was being held on March 11.

One of the female protesters wearing a cap and black jacket bellowed: 'You have no system! This is not in the law!'

The loyalists also shattered a mug bearing the face of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr - himself the son of a corrupt dictator - as they decried his alleged role in Duterte's capture.

They claim Marcos Jr is facilitating the arrest in order to persecute a political rival.

Drugs war madman Duterte - who once boasted of throwing a rival out of a helicopter to his death - was arrested on March 11 morning at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague.

He had initially refused to disembark the plane upon arrest, telling officials: 'You will just have to kill me. I refuse if you will just ally with the whites.'

He was later seen boarding a police vehicle with his wife Honeylet Avancena and daughter Veronica. He had returned to the country on Cathay Pacific flight CX907 after meeting with overseas Filipino workers in Hong Kong a day earlier.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., a former ally and now political rival of the influential Duterte family, defended the government's role in Duterte's arrest.

He said: 'Interpol asked for help and we obliged because we have commitments to Interpol which we have to fulfil. If we don't do that, they will no longer help us with other cases involving Filipino fugitives abroad. We cannot say no to Interpol when they ask us to catch a wanted individual.'

Duterte is the architect of the country's notorious bloody war on drugs, which police claimed saw more than 6,000 drug suspects killed. However, human rights groups said the alleged extrajudicial executions reached up to 30,000.

In 2018, Duterte withdrew the Philippines from the International Criminal Court (ICC) after it began investigating alleged human rights abuses linked to his war on drugs. He had argued that the ICC had no jurisdiction over the Philippines and accused it of being biased.