Immigration agents have arrested an American and a Korean for allegedly trying to smuggle illegal drugs into the Bureau of Immigration (BI) Detention Center in Bicutan, Taguig City.
Detention center officer in-charge Adelfo Marasigan identified the foreigners as Robert Wayne Boling, Jr., and Kwon Hyeok Soo who were reportedly apprehended trying to bring in two sachets of shabu that weighed almost seven grams inside the jail.
“The narcotic substance was found hidden inside a Korean stew that was delivered for Boling,” Marasigan said.
It can be recalled that on Sept. 21, Korean national Yang Heejun was also caught sneaking in four grams of shabu found wrapped in plastic inside a kimchi container.
According to Marasigan, the BI agents became suspicious when they noticed that the food delivery requested by Boling was done almost the same time as Yang’s back in September.
Boling reportedly confessed however that he was only asked to seek approval for the delivery of the food supplies and pointed to Kwon as the real recipient of the food delivery.
Both Boling and Kwon were being held as charges for violation of Republic Act no. 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002 were being readied against them.
Marasigan said that the center will be on a lockdown during the investigation on the case.