Nghe An: Eliminated gambling ring, clarified transaction amount of more than 40 billion VND

After a period of monitoring, at about 6:30 p.m. on August 15, 2022, Quynh Luu District Police co-chaired and coordinated with the Department of Technical Affairs - Ministry of Public Security and the Provincial Police Technical Affairs Department to simultaneously deploy 18 working groups to arrest and search the homes of 18 subjects.

Seized evidence. Photo: Hong Ngoc

At the scene, the authorities seized evidence including: 28 mobile phones, 18 bank cards of various types, 21 lottery cables and 125 million VND in cash. Through the investigation, it was initially proven that the amount of money the subjects gambled on August 15, 2022 was 1,609,000,000 VND; the amount of money the subjects traded in lottery numbers from the end of July 2022 to the time of arrest was more than 40 billion VND.

Subjects in the gambling ring. Photo: Hong Ngoc

According to Quynh Luu District Police, the subjects in the gambling ring reside in Quynh Luu District and Hoang Mai Town, some of whom have many criminal records.

Currently, the District Police are detaining the subjects to serve the investigation, expand the case and prosecute the subjects according to the law.