Busting a lottery line worth over 1 billion VND per day, arresting 16 subjects

Phan Tuyet - Ho Hung• DNUM_BIZAEZCACD 15:47

(Baonghean.vn) - That very night, hundreds of officers and soldiers of Hoang Mai town police presided over and coordinated with functional units to simultaneously launch a campaign to destroy a gambling ring using lottery numbers, arresting 16 subjects, temporarily seizing nearly 665 million VND, along with many related exhibits.

Accordingly, on the night of April 14, 2023, Hoang Mai Town Police co-chaired with the Criminal Police Department, coordinated with the Mobile Police Department, Nghe An Police deployed 17 working groups with hundreds of officers and soldiers to approach and raid locations, promptly arrest and control 16 subjects, including 03 subjects in the northern provinces; 13 subjects in Hoang Mai Town and Quynh Luu District (Nghe An), temporarily seizing 664,247,000 VND in cash, 02 hard drives, 40 mobile phones, 01 car, 03 motorbikes and some other evidence.

Police forces search the scene. Photo: Phan Tuyet

The authorities initially clarified that the amount of money the subjects transacted for gambling on April 14, 2023 was about 1.2 billion VND. The police also determined that from the end of 2022 until now, the amount of money the subjects gambled was up to more than 100 billion VND.

Previously, through the work of grasping the situation, Hoang Mai Town Police discovered a gambling ring organized in the form of recording lottery numbers with a very large number of daily transactions. The ring leader formed a network of followers in many areas in Hoang Mai Town, Quynh Luu District and in the Northern provinces.

Subjects at the police station. Photo: Ho Hung

This is an organized gambling ring, operating secretly, closely linked together, with sophisticated methods of operation with many tricks to erase traces of crime, using high technology to operate, affecting security and order in the area.

Faced with that situation, the leaders of Hoang Mai town police reported to the leaders of the provincial police to establish a special project to fight and dismantle the above mentioned group of subjects.

Currently, the case is being further investigated and expanded.