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MALUSO, BASILAN – In a race against time and raging waters, twenty fishermen were rescued in a high-stakes maritime operation after their fishing vessel began sinking between Tamok Island in…
ZAMBOANGA CITY — A coordinated anti-smuggling operation in Sitio Bactus, Barangay Talabaan, Zamboanga City, led to the arrest of a police officer and his civilian cohort, and the seizure of…
BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi — Maritime police and other law enforcement units successfully intercepted and rescued a suspected victim of trafficking-in-person (TIP) during a verification and profiling operation at Sanga-Sanga Airport, Bongao,…
What began as an ordinary sea voyage nearly turned into a nightmare when FB Midzfar, a motorized banca bound for Zamboanga City, was left at the mercy of violent waves…
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities arrested two men for allegedly smuggling cigarettes worth over ₱1.2 million during a checkpoint operation in the early hours of August 27, 2025, along Veterans Avenue…
JOLO, Sulu — Authorities confiscated at least 100 turtle eggs during an operation at the Serantes Fish Landing Wet Market in Jolo on August 25, 2025, in a crackdown against…
SULU — Authorities have recovered two bodies during a joint search and retrieval operation on Sunday, August 24, following a sea fire that left three people missing off the coast…
ZAMBOANGA CITY — Authorities intercepted an estimated ₱1.63 million worth of smuggled cigarettes from two individuals during a checkpoint operation conducted by the Zamboanga City Maritime Police Station (ZC MARPSTA)…
Bongao, Tawi-Tawi — In a major blow to fuel smugglers, police seized 9,725 liters of suspected illicit petroleum products—worth an estimated ₱780,000—in two maritime operations off Tawi-Tawi on August 12,…
ZAMBOANGA CITY — Authorities successfully rescued 68 individuals, including seven minors, in two separate but coordinated anti-human trafficking operations in Zamboanga City on August 8, 2025. The first operation, conducted…