WATCH: Inside the illegal POGO hub in Cebu

CEBU, Philippines – Authorities found an illegal POGO hub during what was supposed to be a rescue operation at Tourist Garden Hotel in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Saturday morning, August 31.

Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) spokesperson Winston Casio said in a press conference that a joint task force consisting of the PAOCC, the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT), the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) raided the hotel and found 162 foreign nationals working there.

“Eto ang first time namin sa PAOCC dito sa Cebu province (This is PAOCC’s first time here in Cebu province) but we have heard reports of other possible illegal POGOs in this region,” Casio told reporters.

Get a closer look of the POGO hub inside Tourist Garden Hotel at the time of the raid on this video report by Rappler Visayas reporter John Sitchon. – Rappler.com