ZAMBOANGA CITY: Marines swooped down Friday on an island off the southern Philippine province of Tawi-Tawi near the Sabah border, and recovered an arms cache as well as rescued 10 people, who were victims of human trafficking, a military spokesman said.

“The victims of human trafficking were all from Pagadian City,” Captain Roy Trinidad, of the anti-terror Joint Task Group Tawi-Tawi, told The Manila Times. He said the troops also detained a man linked to human trafficking.

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