Jail visitor arrested for sneaking in drugs stashed in her vagina

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines — Authorities of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology Tuesday afternoon arrested a 31-year-old female jail visitor for trying to smuggle into the Tacloban City District Jail (TCDJ) a “bulto” or 90 grams of shabu, she stashed inside her sex organ.

TCDJ’s new Warden Superintendent Peter Bongat identified the suspect as Jonalyn Duroy, who happened to be residing inside her store in front of the jail itself along Paterno Street at Barangay 2, this city.

Bongat said the shabu — worth P700,000 in street price — was found when Duroy was strip-searched for “acting suspiciously” when she was about to enter the jail purportedly to visit an inmate who is facing a theft case in court.

Bongat said Duroy was observed to be walking in an uneasy gait and was acting suspiciously, prompting the jail guards to bring her to the stripping room for body inspection. When ordered to spread her legs, the bulto of shabu came out, resulting in her immediate arrest.

Initial investigation showed that Duroy could have been paid to deliver the drugs to an inmate who was monitored to be a “player” in the drug trade inside the jail. But Duroy, to gain entry, used the alibi of visiting another inmate who she alleged was her friend.

“It was the biggest confiscation of drugs so far this year in our crackdown of drugs and other contrabands inside the Tacloban City Jail,” said Bongat.

Duroy was immediately turned over to the office of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency ( PDEA) for inquest proceedings in the filing of criminal case against her. (FREEMAN)