Eight persons were arrested and nearly P345,000 worth of suspected shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) was seized by the police in three buy-bust operations in Taguig and Muntinlupa on Aug. 2 and 3.
According to Southern Police District director Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, the Taguig police’s Dr
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+ February 04, 2021 A DRUG convict from Cebu was killed when he allegedly attacked prison and police officials during an inspection in the maximum security compound of San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm in Zamboanga City on Wednesday, February 3, 2021.
Police identified the suspect as Ronald Natividad, 48, from Barangay Calamba in Cebu City.
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Debold Sinas said Thursday, February 4, that authorities shot Natividad after he tried to stab Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) inspector Ave Akilit at around 9 a.m. Wednesday.
“Reports said Natividad violently resisted the search and attacked BuCor inspector Ave Akilit with a black foldable knife,” Sinas said.
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) is looking into acquiring signal jammers for its prisons to prevent inmates from using their mobile phones, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Friday, Jan. 1.
DOJ Usec. Emmeline Aglipay-Villar said the BuCor is eye the purchase jammers for its six prison farms and colonies but no longer intends to put up more at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City.
“BuCor has already jammers for NBP and plans to acquire signal jammers to cover all its prison compounds particularly in the Regions–Palawan, Occidental Mindoro, Davao Del Norte, Zamboanga and CIW-Mandaluyong,” the DOJ spokesperson said.