Chinanews.com, May 6. According to Hong Kong's Sing Tao.com, officers from the Sham Shui Po Police District Special Duty Team launched an anti-gambling operation code-named "Tiger Punch" on the afternoon of the 5th and raided Sham Shui Po. A unit in Ruzhou Street smashed a suspected illegal gambling stall.
During the operation, police officers arrested a 37-year-old woman surnamed Lau on suspicion of "operating a gambling establishment" and violating the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F).
In addition, 7 local men and 3 local women, aged between 26 and 59, were arrested on suspicion of "gambling in gambling establishments". They were also suspected of violating the Prevention and Control of Diseases (Requirements and Instructions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the police officers then issued fixed penalty notices to them.
Among them, two men were also revealed to be suspected of being the subject of the album, and are currently being detained for investigation; while another man was arrested for "failure to produce identification documents".
During the operation, the police seized 2 fishing machines, a batch of gambling equipment and about HK$1,730 in gambling money.