JUSTICE Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Thursday admitted that there has been no let up to the smuggling of prohibited items inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) despite the strict security measures being implemented at the national penitentiary.

At the hearing of the Senate public order and dangerous drugs committee on the proposed amendments to the Anti-wiretapping Act, Aguirre told senators that prison officials recently confiscated contraband smuggled into the highly secured Building 14.

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