Gadgets, cigarettes, cash seized inside detention center for foreigners

MANILA, Philippines — Gadgets, cigarettes and at least half a million worth of cash were among the prohibited items seized by authorities inside the Bureau of Immigration’s warden facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City on Tuesday.

The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said mobile phones, laptops, internet routers, cords, cigarettes and more than P500,000 cash were confiscated during an “Oplan Greyhound” raid in the detention center at around 2 a.m.

“Further, a surprise drug test was also conducted on the personnel of the Bureau of Immigration detention facility by the Forensic Group – Southern Team,” it said in a statement.

Quoting its chief Maj. Gen. Jo…

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