A traveling gambling den dismantled in Paris, a "first" according to the police

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Every weekend, the organizers moved.

"They used different rental platforms like Airbnb to find apartments in which they set up game rooms," said

divisional commissioner Eric Levy-Valensi, deputy head of the central racing and games department of the PJ

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Five people were arrested this weekend in Paris, suspected of holding underground gaming tables in the south of the capital and in the inner suburbs.

Four of them were referred and are summoned to the criminal court for "organization of prohibited games of chance or money in an organized gang", specifies the Paris prosecutor's office.

The investigation began almost two months ago thanks to anonymous information.

Quickly, the investigators identified several members of the network.

While some have a record, none of them are known to engage in this type of activity.

They also suspect a woman, a dealer in a well-established club, of being involved in this illegal activity.

But above all, surveillance makes it possible to highlight a new modus operandi.

"This is the first time that the place of play is running, usually it is stable", insists the commissioner-division.

Regulars were warned of the address on social networks, including Snapchat.

30,000 euros seized

Saturday evening, it was in a large apartment in the 13th arrondissement of Paris that the evening was held when the police raided the premises, around 9 p.m.

Because in the world of illegal gambling, curfews are just a formality.

About ten players were present and two people suspected of being the organizers of the evening were arrested.

The next day, three other protagonists were arrested.

30,000 euros were seized during the various searches and on bank accounts.

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