Foreigner arrested for hashish inside Aklan jail

Suspected hashish seized from a Swiss national after he was arrested inside the Aklan Rehabilitation Center in Nalook, Kalibo, Aklan / PHOTO AKLAN FORUM

BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL

How do they get drugs in Aklan jail? People from the outside bring them in.  

Unfortunately, a Swiss national was arrested on Friday afternoon after he was accused of smuggling contraband to an inmate in Aklan provincial jail in Nalook, Kalibo, Aklan. 

A jail guard of Aklan Rehabilitation Center (ARC) seized a dark substance suspected to be marijuana hashish from 45-year old Kidd Bernhard Kiefer, resident of Barangay Balabag, Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan. 

Hashish is a potent form of cannabis (marijuana) produced by collecting and compressing trichomes, the most potent material from cannabis plants. Marijuana is a green, brown or gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds and flowers of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa.

During the arrest, police also confiscated the mobile phone of Kiefer containing text messages of drug transactions with inmate Carlos San Jose when the former entered the jail at around 1:12 p.m. Friday.

San Jose is accused of raping a Briton national in Boracay Island on January 2013. He is presently detained at the ARC jail facility. 

“Dati niya nga cook si Carlos. Ku buean it Marso imaw katapusan nga nag-adto iya sa jail ru foreign national. Masyadong strikto ro pag-rikisa sa mga ga bisita sa ARC kaya na-aresto si Kiefer,” said Teddy Esto, ARC jail warden.

Kiefer is being held at Kalibo police station pending the filing of charges for violations of Republic Act No. 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Acts of 2002.

Meanwhile, the Provincial Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operation Task Group (PAIDSOTG) arrested Andy Protacio in a buy-bust operation on June 4 at around 11:20 p.m. along Roxas Avenue in Kalibo, Aklan.

The suspect yielded a sachet of suspected shabu, P1,000 marked money and a mobile phone.