BAU: Eight individuals were arrested on suspicion of being involved in illegal online gambling activities in a raid last Saturday (Oct 24).
According to Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon, the Ops Dadu raid was carried out by a team of D7 officers of the Sarawak Contingent Police Headquarters (IPK) Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on six premises throughout the city from 2pm.
The team detained eight individuals comprising five local women, two local men and an Indonesian man, aged between 18 and 49 years old.
“Police also seized eight smartphones believed to be used as an online gambling kiosk and unlicensed public lottery kiosk, RM2,053 cash, and two pieces of paper with online gambling ID and unlicensed public lottery numbers written on it,” Poge said in a statement.
He added that the suspects and seizures were taken to the police station for further action.
Background checks found that all of them do not have any previous criminal record.
Poge said the suspects will be investigated under Sections 4(1)(C) and 4A(a) of the Common Gaming House Act 1953, while the foreign man will also be investigated under Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63.
