Dhaka, Sept. 26 -- Seventeen people have been rescued from a house in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf where they had allegedly been gathered for trafficking to Malaysia by sea.

They were rescued during a raid on the house at South Lambarighat on Friday afternoon, said AM Faruk, assistant superintendent of police of Special Response Battalion (SRB)-15.

Seven of those rescued are from Lama Upazila in Bandarban.

The others are residents of Chakaria, Pekua, Ramu, Cox's Bazar Sadar and Teknaf Upazilas in Cox's Bazar.

Officer Faruk said the Teknaf camp of SRB-15 received information that several people had been gathered at a house.

A team conducted a raid on the house of Md Ibrahim around 5:40pm, he said.

According to SRB-15, suspected traffickers f...