Police arrested a gambling case at the home of the Deputy Director of the Department of Health
Police raided the gambling case at the home of a Deputy Director of the Department of Health, while he claimed he was on a business trip.
On the afternoon of March 3, Lieutenant Colonel Bui Trong Tuan, Chief of Staff and spokesman of Dak Lak Provincial Police, said that Buon Ma Thuot City Police (Dak Lak Province) had just arrested 6 subjects participating in gambling in Tan An Ward.
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| Business trip plane tickets provided by Mr. Thanh. |
According to Lieutenant Colonel Tuan, the gambling case was arrested at 5:00 p.m. on February 27. Evidence seized at the gambling table was more than 10 million VND, and in the wallets of the above-mentioned people was more than 23 million VND.
According to the reporter's investigation, the gambling incident occurred at No. 46, Thai Phien Street, Tan An Ward (Buon Ma Thuot City). This is the residence of Mr. Nguyen Trung Thanh's family, Deputy Director of the Dak Lak Provincial Department of Health.
Speaking to reporters over the phone, Mr. Thanh confirmed that the police had arrested the gambling suspect at his home and said: On February 27, some family friends from Ho Chi Minh City came to his house to visit. At this time, his wife called some friends from Buon Ma Thuot City to have lunch at home. At around 1:30 p.m. that day, his wife went to work and then came home to find the police arresting the gamblers at home.
As for Mr. Thanh, on the morning of February 27, he went to Buon Ma Thuot City airport to go to Hanoi for a meeting, so he did not know that his friends were gambling at his house. "At the time the police caught him red-handed, my 87-year-old mother and a maid were in the house. I am still on a business trip, I just heard my wife tell me that, but I do not know the details of the incident," Mr. Thanh added.
