This was after the arrest of a high value individual , who was caught with P1 million worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Basak Pardo in Cebu City last Sunday afternoon, March 6.
Parilla said drug personalities with connections inside the Cebu City Jail — inmates who allegedly provide the source to get the supply of illegal drugs to these drug personalities—had been a trend since the past few years in Cebu City. Parilla said the police could only conduct operations and arrest drug personalities operating outside the jail.
The BJMP officials will then verify the police information, then isolate the inmate involved and then conduct a Greyhound Operation or a surprise inspection in the prison cells to find contraband such as cellphones. Parilla said this had made our jobs in identifying these inmates, who were named by our arrested drug personalities, more challenging.
He said having cellphones inside the jail was prohibited but in recent greyhound operations or surprise inspections in inmates cells, cellphones would sometimes be found.