Guards foil visitor’s attempt to sneak tobacco in Surigao Jail | Inquirer News

Guards foil visitor’s attempt to sneak tobacco in Surigao Jail

By: - Reporter / @ConsINQ
/ 10:55 AM January 02, 2020

Jail guards foil visitor’s attempt to sneak tobacco in Surigao District Jail Annex-Lianga on New Year’s Day. /BJMP PIO

MANILA, Philippines — Guards of Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) stopped a female visitor from smuggling tobacco at Surigao District Jail Annex-Lianga on Wednesday night.

In a statement BJMP spokesman Maj. Xavier Solda said Jail Officer 1 Rebecca Guillen II and Jail Officer 1 Peter Gastardo at around 11 p.m. caught the suspect, whose name was not disclosed, hiding four bars of SSS trisbee.

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Solda said the tobacco was wrapped around the right ankle of the jail visitor.

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In the same statement, Surigao District Jail warden Jail Insp. Samuel Nasiad said the jail visitor was denied entry for violating the anti-smoking policy inside the jail.

Asked if the visitor was arrested, Solda said the suspect was not detained, saying BJMP guards only lectured her on jail policies for contraband.

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“She’s putting her visiting privileges at stake. Her opportunity to visit might be suspended. Ours is simply starting the year right,” Solda said in a text message.

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