Intelligence team to be set up in penitentiary to address drug trade

THE NATIONAL Capital Region’s (NCR) Quad-Intel Force will set up a liaison office at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) to help address corruption and stop the operations of convicted drug lords inside the detention facility. “The Liaison Office of the Quad-Intel Force at the New Bilibid Prisons will serve as the intelligence command headquarters to facilitate the sharing of information against convicted felons who are allegedly continuously running the operations of drugs syndicates and other criminal groups,” NCR Police Office (NCRPO) chief Major General Guillermo T. Eleazar said on Sunday. He said this is the first time that intelligence units of various government law enforcement agencies have been allowed to set up an office at the NBP for monitoring and intelligence-sharing with the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). The Quad-Intel Force, formed in September, is composed of the NCRPO, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-NCR, the National Bureau of Investigation-NCR, and the military’s Joint Task Force-NCR. Mr. Eleazar said the liaison office will serve as the eyes and ears of the Quad-Intel Force, who will then provide BuCor with information. — Marc Wyxzel C. Dela Paz