Roxas: Cell phone jammer to deter Bilibid car theft, drug rings

Interior Secretary Mar Roxas. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines—Interior Secretary Mar Roxas on Friday said cell phone jammers would be used to stop the operations of illegal drugs and car theft syndicates in the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City.

Roxas said intelligence reports indicated that leaders of drug syndicates and carnappers serving prison term still manage to run their “businesses” inside the NBP through the use of communication gadgets.

“Isa sa mabilis na reporma na magagawa ay magkaroon ng cell site blocking. Ibig sabihin, hindi po aandar ang mga cell phones sa loob at sa kapaligiran ng NBP at madali naman ito,” Roxas said in a press conference after the launch of the Justice Zone in Quezon City.

“Kami sa Philippine National Police ay handa naman magprovide nito at nakikipag-ugnayan na kami para maisagawa na ito agad,” Roxas said.

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima earlier said prison officials were getting death threats due to the intensified effort to curb illegal drugs operations inside the NBP.

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