Bladed weapons seized in raid of Ormoc City jail | Inquirer News

Bladed weapons seized in raid of Ormoc City jail

By: - Correspondent / @rdejonINQ
/ 12:26 AM August 26, 2016

Bladed weapons usually found in jails (INQUIRER FILE PHOTO/ALEX AUSTRIA)

Bladed weapons usually found in jails (INQUIRER FILE PHOTO/ALEX AUSTRIA)

ORMOC CITY — Improvised bladed weapons were recovered during a raid in the city jail in Barangay Alta Vista in this city on Thursday morning.

Operation Greyhound was conducted at 6 a.m. by the local police, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the personnel of the Bureau of Jail and Management and Penology (BJMP).

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Chief Insp. Jennifer Joyce Abar, city jail warden, said that aside from improvised weapons, they also found cellular phones and chargers, which were not allowed inside the jail.

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She said 434 prisoners were inside the facility, which had a capacity of only 50 inmates.

Of the number, 406 were men and 28 were women.

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Abar said the BJMP planned to construct two two-story buildings worth P4 million each inside the compound to solve the problem of congestion.  SFM

Jail raid (CDN FILE PHOTO/ CHRISTIAN MANINGO)

Jail raid (CDN FILE PHOTO/ CHRISTIAN MANINGO)

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