PDEA-13 conducts greyhound operation in Cabadbaran City district
jail
By
Venus L. Garcia
BUTUAN
CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA) - The combined operatives of Philippine Drug Enforcement
Agency (PDEA) Caraga, Philippine National Police (PNP) and Bureau of Jail Management
and Penology (BJMP) Cabadbaran District Jail conducted a greyhound operation at
the premises of Cabadbaran City District Jail.
The
said jail facility has five dormitories accommodating a total of 268 persons
deprived of liberty (PDLs).
In
time with the greyhound operation, 13 BJMP personnel also underwent a drug
test, wherein all yielded a negative result.
No
illegal drugs and paraphernalia were also found during the surprise inspection.
Per
BJMP-Caraga record, out of 12 jail facilities in the region nine have already
been declared as drug-free by the oversight committee as of December 2018.
In view of the memorandum of agreement
(MOA) between the PDEA and BJMP-Caraga, the intensified crackdown on illegal
drugs and contrabands in jails continues in the region in order to maintain a
drug-free jail facility. (VLG/PIA-Caraga)