Nghe An: The leader of a large gambling den surrendered.
(Baonghean.vn) - In the face of the relentless pursuit of the police force, on the afternoon of October 22, Dao The Hong (born in 1967), residing in Tam Hop commune, Quy Hop district, the leader of a large gambling den in Quy Hop, surrendered.
Dao The Hong has 9 previous convictions for intentional injury, murder, and gambling.
At the police station, Dao The Hong confessed that to deal with the police force, he used a walkie-talkie and assigned specific tasks to the remaining subjects to organize.casinoOne person called the gamblers over and started shaking the dice for them to gamble; another person drove the gamblers to the location requested by Dao The Hong.
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Subject Dao The Hong. Photo: Minh Khoi |
Helping Hong run this professional gambling ring were Dao Xuan Tan (born in 1992), Hong's son, and a number of other people who were on guard duty around the gambling den, dozens of meters away from the gambling den. To enter the gambling den run by Hong, each gambler had to pay 1 million VND to Hong's underlings.
Previously, following the direction of the Director of Nghe An Provincial Police, at 6:00 p.m. on October 18, at the acacia hill area of Chau Thanh hamlet, Tam Hop commune, Quy Hop district, more than 60 officers and soldiers from the Criminal Police Department and Quy Hop District Police deployed to surround the gambling area.
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Criminal police department takes statement of suspect Dao The Hong. Photo: Minh Khoi |
Discovered by the police, the subjects fled towards Sang Le intersection (Tam Hop commune, Quy Hop district).
The police force quickly controlled and arrested 19 subjects, confiscating a total of more than 400 million VND, 02 cars, 17 mobile phones, 01 walkie-talkie and many related exhibits.
On October 20, the Criminal Police Department coordinated with the Quy Hop District Police to organize 2 working groups to execute a search warrant at the residence of the ringleader Dao The Hong in Hop Tam hamlet, Tam Hop commune and continued to arrest the subjects related to the gambling den. At 4:00 p.m. the same day, the police force arrested Dao Xuan Tan while he was hiding in Quy Hop district.
Currently, the authorities are completing the documents to handle the subjects according to the provisions of the law./.