Clad in full fight equip and conveying powerful guns, around 300 policemen struck the male quarters of the Cebu City Jail and the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC)— both situated in the bumpy barangay (town) of Kalunasan, Cebu City at 1:25 a.m.
Prisoners were requested that evacuate their garments and stay in one corner as agents of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) looked the possessions and rooms of the two correctional facility offices one by one.
Starting 6 a.m., in any event P1 million money was recouped from the Cebu City Jail, said Senior Supt. Rey Lyndon Lawas, PRO-7 delegate chief for operations.
Police were all the while directing a stock of the seized things that included nubain, a managed painkiller; bladed weapons, level screen TVs, sets of elastic shoes, individual apparatuses and a few medication gear.
A large number of the stash were recouped from the Cebu City Jail.
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Taliño said PRO-7 on Friday got a data about the illicit medication operations inside the Cebu City Jail.
The previous Special Action Force boss promptly brought forth to lead a "Greyhound Operation" inside the Cebu City Jail and additionally the close-by the CPDRC.
The police power was increased by specialists of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and BJMP officers.
Three K9 pooches from PDEA and the Philippine Coast Guard helped in seeking the booty.
"In view of the data we got, the correctional facilites have turned into a business opportunity for unlawful medications. Drug clients come here as though they would visit detainees however as a general rule they purchase and utilize drugs. They do it in a correctional facility since they fear the Oplan Tokhang being led by the police outside the prison," said Taliño.
He said they were exploring how the illicit medications and other stash slip past the correctional facility monitors at the passageway doors.
Charges will be recorded against the prisoners from whom the booty were seized.
Source: INQUIRER