Thunder 21｜Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao anti-crime operations break 3.6 billion euros in betting

The Organized Crime and Triad Investigation Division of the police, together with the criminal headquarters of various districts, conducted a large-scale joint anti-crime operation in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao code-named "Thunder 2021" from June to August this year. "Gambling and Drugs", a total of 2,320 people were arrested. The Organized Crime and Triad Investigation Division launched a crackdown on the European Cup betting activities in June, and launched operations codenamed "Dotting Eyes" and "Lonely Moon", and detected a betting record involving 36 The billion-dollar local conglomerate that sold peripheral bets arrested 40 people and seized 21 million in cash, a record high in the past decade.

Huang Wei, Chief Superintendent of the Organizing Crime and Triad Investigation Division, said that this large-scale anti-crime operation code-named "Thunder 2021" mobilized more than 38,000 people. The police, together with the Hong Kong Customs, Immigration Department and various government departments of the Fire Department, searched and approached. 2,000 establishments, including bars, game console centers, Internet cafes, party rooms, etc., arrested 2,320 people, including 1,616 men and 704 women, aged between 11 and 84, of which 85 were from the Mainland and 140 were non-Chinese. Suspected of committing triad and drug-related crimes, including illegal entry, illegal gambling, betting, criminal damage, extortion, wounding, and possession of offensive weapons.

During the operation, the police smashed a number of illegal gambling stalls, prostitution establishments, and drug distribution centers. They also seized a variety of drugs, offensive weapons, illicit cigarettes, illicit oil, pornographic CDs, and a large number of illegal betting records.

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