Nghe An: Eliminated gambling ring, clarified transaction amount of more than 40 billion VND
(Baonghean.vn) - On August 19, Quynh Luu District Police said that the unit had just successfully broken up a gambling case, arrested 18 subjects, seized many related exhibits; and at the same time clarified that the amount of money the subjects used for gambling was 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 Technical Affairs Department of the Provincial Police to simultaneously deploy 18 working groups to arrest and search the homes of 18 subjects.
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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.
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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, expanding the case and prosecuting the subjects according to the law.