A Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) officer was nabbed for possession of suspected shabu (crystal meth) worth an estimated P131,920 inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City on Sunday afternoon, the police said.
A police report obtained by the Inquirer identified the arrested officer only as ‘Paulo,’ with the rank of Correction Officer 1.
He was apprehended at the NBP Reservation in a buy-bust operation by the Muntinlupa City Police Station and the Southern Police District Drug Enforcement Unit (SPD DEU) in coordination with the Philippine National Police Directorate for Intelligence and BuCor, the police report added.
Authorities recovered four pieces of heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing suspected shabu weighing 19.4 grams.
‘Moreover, the suspect (initially) refused his motorcycle to (be) searched where the official receipt and certificate of registration of the same is placed in the compartment as well as the documents of his issued firearm,’ the police report said.
Nonetheless, authorities managed to confiscate the suspect’s motorcycle, and a loaded .9mm pistol.
The arrested BuCor officer was brought to the SPD-DEU for investigation for the possible filing of a formal criminal complaint for violation of Sections 5 and 11 of Republic Act No. 9165 or the Dangerous Drugs Act.