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BY PRINCE GOLEZ, Manila Reporter
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Wednesday, May 3, 2017
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MANILA – Iloilo City’s Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog urged law enforcement agencies to stop the illicit drug trade inside jails.
“It is a matter between the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP),” Mabilog told Panay News.
The city mayor hoped that illegal drug transactions on penitentiary grounds would stop “as soon as possible.”
“The BJMP should coordinate with PDEA. They are under the DOJ,” said Mabilog.
At the recent joint meeting of the Iloilo City Peace and Order Council and Iloilo City Anti-Drug Abuse Council, PDEA Region 6 said jails appeared to be the “weakest link” in the war against illegal drugs.
It was business as usual for drug personalities detained at the Iloilo City District Jail – Male Dormitory in Barangay Ungka, Jaro district, said Atty. Gil Pabilona, PDEA-6 director.
From their cells they continue to direct the operation of their minions outside, he revealed.
“The illegal drugs supply in Iloilo City will not stop unless those people inside the jail will stop directing their people outside what to do,” stressed Pabilona.
According to the PDEA-6 chief, this modus was being practiced not only at the Iloilo City District Jail – Male Dormitory but in other prison facilities of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP).
The detained drug personalities were in contact with their shabu suppliers, too, he added.
“We in PDEA-6 arrest the so-called big fishes in the city but they continue doing illegal transactions while in detention,” lamented Pabilona./PN
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