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Police raid cybersex den, nab 2 men, rescue 4 girls
BY MAR T. SUPNAD

MABALACAT, Pampanga – An American and his companion, who were believed to be leaders and financiers of a cybersex syndicate were arrested by policemen night of Sept. 3 when four girls were rescued here at Bayabas St. Dau Homesite.

In a report to Chief Supt. Errol T. Pan, new police regional director of Central Luzon at Camp Olivas, Supt. Oscar Albayalde, chief of the Regional Intelligence Division said RID personnel, led by Senior Insp. Romeo Castro, Mabalacat policemen and personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, raided the cybersex den said to be maintained by an unidentified American and his Filipino companion.

The raid was conducted after Judge Philbert Ituralde of the Regional Trial Court here issued a search warrant following complaints by residents in the area who said that the house was a cybersex den victimizing unsuspecting young women.

Albayalde said two men were arrested while four girls, one of them a minor were rescued during the raid.

The police did not reveal the names of the suspects pending filing of cases in court against them.

Police said the suspects were American and a Filipino Informatic technician.

Informed of the busting of the syndicate, Pan said he will immediately order the filing of the case against the suspects.

Pan showed to newsmen the confiscated cybersex machine and computers to newsmen.