PETALING JAYA: Police have crippled an international online gambling syndicate operating out of a bungalow in SS7 here.
Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal said police raided the house on Jalan SS7/2 at around 12pm on Monday (June 11).
"We arrested 12 foreign men and three foreign women aged between 21 and 49, who were in the hall area of the house, where several computers and mobile phones were set up allegedly for online gambling.
"The suspects entered the country in October last year and used the house as the call centre for their illegal online gambling activities since December," he said in a statement on Tuesday (June 12).
He said the syndicate was capable of raking in profits of between RM150,000 and RM200,000 a day and targeted gamblers from China and Canada.
"We have remanded the suspects for 14 days under Section 4(1)(c) of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953 to further investigate if the suspects are involved in other online gambling activities especially in Petaling Jaya.
"We seized 11 computers, 58 mobile phones, 14 notebooks, four money transfer gadgets, three modems and three routers," he said.
Meanwhile, in an unrelated case, ACP Nik Ezanee said police from the commercial crime investigation department raided a premise at Bandar Botanic Klang at around 10.20pm on Monday as part of Ops Vulture, following a report lodged at the Sri Damansara police station.
"The complainant allegedly took a loan from 27 Ah Long amounting to RM35,000.
"Following observation, we managed to arrest 10 men aged between 18 and 27," he said, adding that investigations revealed the syndicate had been active for three years and had been involved in crime cases around Klang Valley.
He said all the suspects were remanded for three days to facilitate further investigations.
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