Boy among 44 held in swoop on illegal gambling activities
KUCHING: A boy was among 44 individuals detained over the past week by police for involvement in illegal gambling activities in the state.
State CID chief Datuk Dev Kumar said the 15-year- old school dropout was found to be operating a shop which provided reload services for online gambling at Moyan commercial centre in Batu Kawah.
“Fourteen raids were conducted in eight districts (in the state) on convenience stores and shops offering online gambling reload services.
“The raids resulted in the arrest of 27 individuals, including a 15-year- old boy who was found operating an online gambling reload service outlet at Moyan Commercial Centre in Batu Kawa,” he said in a statement yesterday.
Dev Kumar said a further 10 raids were conducted on counters selling illegal lottery across four districts, leading to the arrest of 10 individuals and seizure of RM2,184.
The remaining seven individuals, he added, were nabbed by police during a raid on a cock-fighting pit at Kampung Lusut Jaya in Miri which saw the seizure of gambling paraphernalia as well as several live and dead cockerels.
Those arrested are being investigated for offences under the Common Gaming House Act 1953 and Prevention to Cruelty to Animals Ordinance 1962.
Fourteen raids were conducted in eight districts (in the state) on convenience stores and shops offering online gambling reload services. Datuk Dev Kumar, State CID chief