ILOILO CITY – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology has initiated additional administrative charges against a jail officer who not only tested positive for drug use but also suspected to have ties to the illegal drugs trade here and province of Iloilo.
Jail Senior Insp. Juniven Rey Umadhay said the unnamed jail officer from Capiz province is facing an additional administrative charge of grave misconduct.
“This is on top of the serious administrative case for conduct unbecoming of a jail officer,” said Umadhay, chief of the Legal Service Section.
The jail officer assigned to Dumangas town tested positive for illegal drug use last April.
The drug test was ordered by BJMP-6 after a major drug suspect identified the unnamed jail officer to be the supplier of the P2.3-million worth of suspected shabu confiscated in Iloilo City.
“We will not condone nor conceal any wrongdoing of our personnel,” said Jail Chief Supt. Simeon Dolojo Jr.
“Instead, we will show to them and the public that the full brunt of the law will be imposed against these erring personnel, if the pieces of evidence warrant,” added Dolojo.