COMBINED government operatives arrested on Thursday fourteen Chinese nationals that were reportedly involved in illegal black-sand mining activities in a remote village in Camarines Norte province, a government official said on Friday.

A report from the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) said the 14 Chinese were held after government agents swooped down on an open-pit mining site at Barangay Napaod, Labo town, Camarines Norte on Thursday.

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