When officials last raided the Philippines’ biggest prison, their discoveries ranged from deadly to bizarre. Tens of thousands of contraband goods were identified in New Bilibid prison, including lethal weapons, alcohol, drugs and gambling material. A menagerie of horses, game fowls and pythons were also found living in the prison complex.
The inspection was carried out after the murder of the journalist Percival Mabasa, who police alleged had been killed on the orders of the prisons chief Gerald Bantag.
