BuCor intercepts female ‘drug mule’ at Bilibid
Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) personnel intercepted an attempt to smuggle suspected illegal drugs into the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) Maximum Security Camp, leading to the arrest of a female visitor.
In an official report submitted to BuCor director general Gregorio Catapang Jr., NBP Senior Superintendent Gary Garcia identified the suspect as Jennifer Antonio.
Investigators said Antonio is the mother of inmate Hubert de Leon and the common-law partner of inmate Marianito Sta. Mania, both detained at Quadrant 4 of the Maximum Security Camp.
The interception occurred during routine visitation screening at the Inmate Visitation Service Unit (IVSU).
Because the unit’s body scanner was undergoing scheduled maintenance, IVSU Maximum Security Camp deputy chief Corrections Officer II Cyrus Bedoya directed Corrections Officers I Graizel Cabarrubias and Faith Marie Balangui to escort Antonio to Gate 1 for mandatory scanning.
During the Gate 1 body scan, operators detected an anomaly, prompting officers to conduct a secondary strip and cavity inspection.
Authorities recovered two concealed condoms containing multiple heat-sealed plastic sachets of a white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu, including 11 sachets found inside one of the containers.
Antonio was turned over to the Muntinlupa City Police Station for booking and the filing of criminal charges under Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
The confiscated substances were submitted to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Forensic Laboratory for qualitative and quantitative testing.