KUALA LUMPUR: Nearly 700 people have been detained for allegedly being involved in illegal bookmaking on the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
Police secretary Deputy Comm Datuk Noorsiah Mohd Saaduddin said a total of 690 suspected bookies were nabbed in 530 raids, carried out under a special operation, codenamed Ops Soga, during the football tournament between Nov 19 and Dec 21.
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