BJMP conducts surprise inspection at Marikina City Jail

Marikina City Jail's inmates got a not-so-nice jolt Thursday morning when members of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) conducted a surprise check dubbed “Greyhound Operation” for suspected contraband inside their cells.

Members of the inspection team, however, did not find illegal drugs, firearms, deadly weapons, and illegal items. All they found were notebooks, ballpens, steel utensils, and personal belongings of the inmates.

Mga bolpen, lighter, sinturon,alcohol, kitsara at tinidor, mga nakumpiska sa mga selda ng Marikina city jail.@dzbb pic.twitter.com/sqt8rTQtHU

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Confiscated from the cells were a tattoo machine, a rope which can be used for strangling, and piles of garbage and plastic containers.

Mga pang tatoo kinumpiska sa ilang preso ng Marikina City Jail.@dzbb pic.twitter.com/j4bD6ievbv

— Tuesday Niu (@mamutuesday) January 12, 2017

Mga lubid na pwedeng gamiting panakal kinumspika rin sa Marikina City Jail.@dzbb pic.twitter.com/pRB1d5ylV5

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Mga basura at basyong plastic containers at cannisters ang karamihan sa mga nakumpiska sa Marikina city jail.@dzbb pic.twitter.com/0kv9bKlnkO

— Tuesday Niu (@mamutuesday) January 12, 2017

Mga kahoy pamalo kasama sa mga nakumpiska sa Marikina city jail.@dzbb pic.twitter.com/YwHEuvbGoY

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The operation was jointly conducted by BJMP and the Marikina City police, GMA News’ Mark Zambrano said in an Unang Balita report on Thursday.

Jail warden Jodjie Jonathan Pangan said the operation is conducted three times a week to make sure that no illegal substances will be smuggled into the penitentiary.

Marikina City Jail holds more than 800 inmates. —Erwin Colcol/LBG, GMA News