SAF Commandos secures NBP

Posted by: Alwele on July 21, 2016 in 0

A Special Action Force (SAF) battalion yesterday took over the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City to crack down on drug lords believed to be directing the trade while serving their sentence in the national penitentiary. This was part of President Duterte’s order to the Philippine National Police (PNP) to intensify the war against illegal drugs. On their first day of duty, the 300 heavily armed police commandos conducted a raid on Building 14 where 33 high-profile inmates, including drug lords named by Duterte, are confined. The SAF confiscated cash, electronic gadgets and signal boosters discreetly set up by the inmates. During the search, all the inmates were rounded up and placed in a PNP bus while Scene of the Crime operatives inspected every cell of the building to gather evidence of illegal activities inside prison. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II and PNP chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa led SAF members in taking over the nine-hectare prison community.