Manila, March 26 -- A female visitor of a person deprived of liberty (PDL) was arrested by prison guards at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City after she tried to smuggle suspected shabu into the facility, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said Wednesday.

In a news release, BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. said Rovelyn Fabillar, 26, from Pasig City, was accosted on Tuesday after the contraband, which was wrapped in a condom and placed inside a transparent plastic, was discovered in her private parts.

Catapang said the item was discovered when BuCor personnel noticed irregularities in Fabillar's abdomen during a routine security inspection using an advanced full-body scanner at the inmate visiting services unit -Max...