SINGAPORE – Fourteen people were arrested and over $70,000 was seized during a joint police operation against illegal online gambling activities on Nov 14.
In a statement on Nov 15, the police said that officers from the Criminal Investigation Department, Police Intelligence Department and Ang Mo Kio Police Division conducted simultaneous raids at industrial premises near Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 and several other locations across Singapore.
Fifteen men and eight women, aged between 23 and 75, are being investigated for their involvement in illegal online gambling activities, they said.
Of the 23 people, 10 had gambled at these unlawful gambling places.
“The remaining 13 are believed to be members of a syndicate involved in financing, organising or assisting in the organisation of these unlawful gambling places that facilitated online gambling games,” the police said.
Officers seized more than $70,000 in cash, along with mobile phones, computers and other items related to the gambling operation.
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