A female kidnapper has revealed sickening details of how gangs abduct children in the Philippines to sell to foreign paedophiles - with bonuses for how pretty they are.

Lilibeth Bustamante was caught trying to walk away with a ten-year-old girl in Paranaque City on February 20.

She was playing in front of her house when Bustamante took her by the arm and told her to come with her to the store, but a neighbour intervened when he noticed the girl asking for help.

Lilibeth Bustamante was caught attempting to abduct a 10-year-old girl in Paranaque City on February 20 and later told police horrifying details of the criminal gangs who sell children into sex slavery

While under interrogation, Bustamante revealed how the gangs operate - giving a chilling insight into just how many youngsters are kidnapped from the Philippines to be sold as child sex slaves.

She said she received 1,000 pesos (£15) for each child and worked with one other woman to kidnap the children from the streets before they were passed on to her superiors.

Bustamante added: 'I only take them, they sell. They only give me one thousand pesos. I send it to my family in Mindoro.'

In an interview with local media, she then revealed how her group would kidnap young boys and girls to sell to foreign 'buyers', who would rape them while streaming it online and charging paedophiles to watch.

Bustamante (pictured) said she is paid around £15 per child and is set a quota of two children per week by the gang she works for

Bustamante said: 'We have a quota of two children per week. Our target age is ten years old and above.

'They require us to take good-looking children. They get 70,000 to 100,000 pesos (£1,020 to £1,455) depending on their looks. My cut is 1,000 pesos.'

Bustamante said that she had taken dozens of children since she joined the gang last year. She added: 'We operate in Manila and nearby towns. We don't stop until we reach our quota.'

The Parañaque Police Women and Children Protection Desk OIC Rudy Dimson said: 'We are currently investigating the case. We want to look for other victims of this group. We urge the parents with missing children to come here.'

Bustamante was found in possession of a dozen stolen ID cards belonging to other women when she was arrested (pictured)

The arrest gives a disturbing insight into the wide-spread problem of child kidnapping in the Philippines.

Several days after Bustamante was detained, police arrested a second woman after she was caught allegedly trying to abduct a young girl.

Locals surrounded her and called police who arrested her on suspicion of attempted child abduction in Batasan Hills district of Quezon City in Manila.