JUSTICE Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II ordered on Thursday the Bureau of Corrections to intensify its operation against illegal activities inside the minimum security compound at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City.
Aguirre directed BuCor officer-in-charge Rolando Asuncion to continue the crackdown against illegal activities after being informed that inmates have moved drug transactions from the maximum security compound to the minimum security compound.
He said BuCor personnel seized several contraband items, including 18 cellular phones in an operation Tuesday at the minimum security compound.
Aguirre said this was due to the tight security measures being implemented by the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force contingent and the subsequent crackdown on the illegal drugs trade at the Building 14 of the NBP’s maximum security compound where most of the high-profile inmates such as Jaybee Sebastian are imprisoned.
The PNP-SAF contingent composed of some 300 elite commandos was deployed at the NBP in July this year, replacing the BuCor jail guards who were made to undergo retraining.