ALOR SETAR: Police here have detained a 73-year-old, a foreign national and 12 others for illegal gambling in a raid of a gambling den in Changloon on Saturday (June 5) evening, says Kubang Pasu OCPD Supt Rodzi Abu Hassan.
"During the raid, the suspects were playing mahjong at a house that was owned by one of the suspects,” he said, adding that the youngest arrested is 24-years-old.
Supt Rodzi said in a statement on Sunday (June 6) that the senior citizen told police when interrogated that he participated in the illegal activities because he felt bored at home during the lockdown period and only spent time eating and sleeping.
He said the raid was the result of police intelligence work and added that police personnel confiscated several items that were used in the illegal activities.
Supt Rodzi added that the ten men and four women were detained under Section Section 6(1 ) of the Common House Gambling Act and under Regulation 17(1) of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures Within the Infected Local Areas) Regulations 2021 for not adhering to the standard operating procedures during the lockdown.
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