Nghe An: Destroyed inter-commune gambling group, arrested 9 subjects

On the morning of March 23, the Nghi Loc District Police Investigation Agency announced that the unit had just successfully broken up Project 319B, arresting 9 subjects participating in gambling in the form of lottery, numbers, and dice.

Initial investigation showed that the amount of money gambled by the subjects in the project was 440,507,000 VND.

6/9 gamblers in Project 319B were detained at the investigation agency. Photo: Nhat Tuan

Previously, in early 2019, through local reconnaissance work, the Investigation Police Agency (Nghi Loc District Police) grasped information: a group of subjects with criminal records in Nghi Long commune often came to Nghi Tien commune, connecting with a number of subjects in the area to organize gambling, causing outrage among the people. The District Police leaders established Project 319B to fight and clarify.

After monitoring, at 3:00 p.m. on March 14, the task force caught red-handed at the house of Ms. Ho Thi Hieu in Hamlet 9, Nghi Tien Commune, 5 subjects gambling by shaking the dice. They were: Ho Van Son (born in 1991), Bui Thanh Tai (born in 1978), all residing in Nghi Tien Commune, Dinh Van Phong (born in 1990), Cao Ba Sang (born in 1987), and Le Quy Phuc (born in 1993), all residing in Nghi Long Commune. The seized evidence included: 11,100,000 VND on the gambling mat, 01 set of bowls and plates, and 04 dice for gambling.

During the extended investigation, Ho Van Son confessed that in addition to gambling, on March 3, 2019, he also invited Nguyen Dinh Do (born in 1982), who lives in the same commune, to contribute money to play the lottery with Luu Thi Loi (born in 1982), residing in Hamlet 9, Nghi Tien Commune. The total amount of money bet and won was 9,800,000 VND.

At the investigation agency, Luu Thi Loi stated: In December 2018, the subject was invited by Luu Dinh Thang (born 1984), residing in hamlet 12, Nghi Tien commune, to write lottery numbers and then transfer them to Thang to receive "commission". Every day, Luu Thi Loi wrote lottery numbers with the bettor and then used her mobile phone to send messages to Luu Dinh Thang's phone number. For each lottery point, Luu Thi Loi received a "commission" of 1,000 VND; if she transferred lottery numbers, the subject received a "commission" of 25% of the total bet amount.

After that agreement, from January 23 to March 14, 2019, Luu Thi Loi repeatedly recorded the lottery numbers of Ho Van Son, Nguyen Dinh Do, and Luu Thi Huong (born in 1988), residing in Hamlet 3, Nghi Tien Commune, for Luu Dinh Thang. The total amount of money involved in gambling by lottery of the subjects was 439,397,000 VND.

Currently, the Nghi Loc District Police Investigation Agency has initiated a case and prosecuted 9 suspects in the project.