Huge gambling den busted, 36 people arrested and over 1 billion VND
Raiding a gambling den, police caught 36 people red-handed playing dice, confiscating over 1 billion VND, 32 cell phones and a loaded homemade gun.
On March 1, the Criminal Police Department - Thanh Hoa Provincial Police announced that this agency had just dismantled a "huge" inter-provincial gambling den, operating very sophisticatedly in Kim Tan town, Thach Thanh district, Thanh Hoa province.
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| Evidence seized at the gambling den. |
Accordingly, at around 0:30 on February 28, the police force raided a gambling den in Zone 1, Kim Tan town, Thach Thanh district, led by Bui Ngoc Anh (born in 1979, residing at the above address). At the scene, the police caught 36 subjects gambling in the form of "dice shaking", confiscating more than 1 billion VND, 1 homemade gun with loaded bullets, 32 phones and many other related evidence.
According to Thanh Hoa Police, this is a professional gambling den organized by Bui Ngoc Anh, a subject with two previous convictions for gambling. The gamblers are concentrated in Thanh Hoa and Ninh Binh provinces.
To open gambling dens, Anh often chose deserted places, bordering the two provinces of Ninh Binh and Thanh Hoa, and frequently changed locations to avoid surveillance by authorities.
Currently, the Criminal Police Department - Thanh Hoa Provincial Police is detaining 36 gamblers for further investigation and clarification.
