AT LEAST 123 trafficking-in-persons were rescued by the Philippine Navy and confiscated high-powered firearms and shabu in a raid in Tubalubac Island, Barangay Aluh Bunah, Pangutaran, Sulu.
In a report submitted to the office of Navy Flag Officer in Command Vice Admiral Toribio Adaci Jr., the raid launched by members of the Naval Task Force-61 under the supervision of Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM).
The NFWM said the rescued victims, who mostly from Cebu and Bohol, were subjected to forced labor, particularly spearfishing and were also
The victims are also allegedly made to use illegal drugs to endure the hard work.
Several guns, bullets, magazines, explosive devices and 10 grams of suspected shabu were recovered inside the house of a certain ‘Jammang.”
The suspected recruiters and handlers escaped along with “Jammang” and 15 cohorts armed with high-powered firearms.
Authorities are now hunting down the suspects.
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