The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) seized two passengers on board M/V MAGNOLIA LILIIFLORA involved in Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, on 04 February 2023.
During the interrogation, they revealed eight other passengers who, like them, planned to enter Malaysia illegally from Sitangkai, Tawi-Tawi.
Operatives from the PCG and Philippine National Police (PNP) brought the ten individuals to the Municipal Inter-Agency Committee Against Trafficking (MIACAT) for further investigation.