The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) filed a drug trafficking case on Tuesday, October 11, on Senator Leila De Lima and seven other persons which reported have links to the illegal drug trade inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP).

De Lima and the following personalities will be charged for the complaints for the sale of illegal drugs and conspiracy to carry out drug trade: former Justice Undersecretary Francisco Baraan III; former Bureau of Corrections chief Franklin Bucayu; De Lima’s former security aides Ronnie Dayan, Joenel Sanchez and Jose Adrian Dera alias Jad De Vera; Bucayu’s reported bagman Col. Wilfredo Ely; and convicted crime lord Jaybee Sebastian.

The VACC stated that each of the personalities have important roles in making the perpetuation of the illegal drug trade the NBP.

VACC added that De Lima’s influence and power offers protection and security to insure the invisible business of their illegal drug trade thus she was able to eliminate the competitors of Jaybee inside the prison by transferring them to the National Bureau of Investigation or NBI in December 2014.

Senator De Lima’s position according to the VACC, allowed herself to put in position all her accomplices at the BuCor to take control the drug trade inside.