Jail visitor with drugs nabbed

For second straight day, a jail visitor was arrested for carrying suspected packs of shabu while about to visit a relative at the Lapu-Lapu City Jail.

Police said two packs with crystalline substance believed to be shabu were recovered from Rizalina Cadungog, 36, a resident of barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City.

Police said Cadungog went to the facility yesterday afternoon to visit her younger brother Kennedy Booc, who was jailed since 2004 on drug charges.

In a routine check, JO1 Shiela Mae Baylon inspected Cadungog’s wallet where the packs of shabu were found.

Cadungog said she just borrowed the wallet from her cousin and that she didn’t know it contained shabu.

Police said charges for possession of illegal drugs will be filed today against Cadungog.

Cadungog’s arrest came a day after the apprehension of another female visitor who yielded packs of suspected shabu worth P20,400.

Nanette Veloso, 43, of barangay Cambaro, Mandaue City, was found carrying 102 packs of suspected shabu which were wrapped in a handkerchief she was holding.

Veloso said a friend’s live-in partner asked her to bring the sachets to a cottage inside the facility

Last week, six small plastic packs of suspected shabu were recovered from Glen Dihayco, an inmate facing drug charges.