Nghe An eradicates gambling ring equipped with hot weapons
(Baonghean.vn) - The gambling ring led by Nguyen Van Tuy was organized very sophisticatedly and professionally, equipped with hot weapons and even had teachers participating.
On September 27, 2022, the Criminal Police Department of Nghe An Provincial Police said that the unit had just broken up a case and successfully arrested 06 subjects ingambling denWith sophisticated tricks, they seized more than 125 million Vietnamese Dong and 500 Lao Kip notes of various denominations. It is worth mentioning that among the arrested subjects, there were teachers teaching at schools in Anh Son district.
Previously, the Criminal Police Department of Nghe An Province Police discovered a group of "Organizing gambling and gambling" in the form of three-card betting organized by Nguyen Van Tuy (born in 1976), residing in Anh Son town, Anh Son district (commonly known as Tuy Man). Tuy is a subject with 02 previous convictions, released from prison in 2019. The location where Nguyen Van Tuy organized gambling for the subjects was the 03rd floor of the karaoke bar.
On September 25, 2022, on the 3rd floor of a karaoke bar in Anh Son town owned by Nguyen Van Tuy, the Criminal Police Department of Nghe An Provincial Police presided over and coordinated with Anh Son District Police and related units to simultaneously deploy professional measures, successfully breaking up a case and arresting 06 subjects for gambling and organizing gambling.
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Subject Nguyen Van Tuy at the police station. Photo: Hong Ngoc |
In addition to Tuy and To Hoai Bac (born in 1981), residing in Anh Son town, there are 04 remaining subjects residing in Anh Son district who were arrested by the police agency, including: Nguyen Thi Thanh (born in 1970), residing in Tuong Son commune; Le Minh Quy (born in 1977), residing in Thach Son commune; Nguyen Cong Tuan (born in 1978) and Tran Van Lan (born in 1976), both residing in Long Son commune. Notably, of the 06 subjects arrested, 03 subjects, Le Minh Quy, Nguyen Cong Tuan and Tran Van Lan, are currently teachers at schools in Anh Son district.
At the scene, the police seized evidence including 126 million Vietnamese Dong and 500 Lao Kip bills of various denominations (according to the suspects' confessions, this amount is equivalent to 210 million Vietnamese Dong).;01 pistol, 22 bullets; 02 decks of playing cards and other related exhibits.
According to the investigation, to deal with the authorities, Tuy built a very solid gambling venue on the 3rd floor, designed with 4 layers of iron doors in the style of a tiger cage; with a surveillance camera system. More daring and reckless, the subjects were also equipped with guns and were ready to fight back against the authorities when surrounded and arrested.
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Gamblers and gambling organizers in Anh Son were arrested by the police. Photo: Hong Ngoc |
Tuy's right-hand man is To Hoai Bac, whose job is to contact and gather the gambling participants and collect "ho money" for Tuy. The participants in the gambling process do not use Vietnamese currency (VND) but use Lao kip. Accordingly, each participant who comes to gamble will meet Tuy to exchange Vietnamese currency for Lao currency (kip) with the conventional value of 1,000 Lao kip equivalent to 100,000 VND and 500 Lao kip equivalent to 500,000 VND. After finishing the game, calculating the win or loss, the above amount will be handed over to Tuy to exchange back for Vietnamese currency.
In addition, Tuy stipulated that each gamble would only last 2 hours, each gambler would have to pay 300,000 VND in advance and other additional fees depending on the win or loss of each person. During the gambling process, Tuy and Bac would also "double" as lookouts.
Currently, the police are continuing to expand the investigation.
