Smuggled phones, ‘paid’ guards keep drug trade alive inside Cebu jails

FILE PHOTO: Cebu City Jail male dormitory. - PDI/ANN

CEBU CITY, Philippines: Cebu’s drug trade remains alive even behind bars.

The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Central Visayas (BJMP-7) on Tuesday, October 28, admitted that some persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) had continued to direct drug transactions from their jail cells using contraband mobile phones that slip past security.

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