P1.1M worth of drugs seized in Cebu City Jail raid

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Illegal drugs worth over P1 million were among those confiscated in a greyhound operation at the Cebu City Jail on Thursday dawn, May 6, 2021.

Packets of shabu and a gun with live ammunition were among the items seized in a raid inside the Cebu City Jail on Thursday dawn, May 6, 2021. | Photo courtesy of PDEA -7 via Morexette Marie Erramgreyhound operationJail Superintendent Jose Rusylvi Abueva, warden of the Cebu City Jail, confirmed this to reporters in a post-operation interview on Thursday morning.

Abueva said they sought the help of PDEA-7 after they received reports of contraband items, particularly illegal drugs, being smuggled into the facility. Meanwhile, the jail official said the inmates who were found in possession with the contraband items will be undergoing evaluation by their disciplinary board. This is on top of being separated from other prisoners.

“We are also looking into how these contraband were smuggled, and we have multiple possibilities to explain this,” Abueva said.

 

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