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"O Ji" Hong Kong's anti-criminal campaign broke through 18 gambling stalls, pornographic dens and private cigarette warehouses, 234 people were arrested, the youngest was 13 years old

2023-02-23T21:02:22.964Z


The police said that in order to crack down on illegal activities and cut off the income sources of triads, the Organized Crime and Triads Investigation Bureau (commonly known as O Ji) and officers from various regions launched a code-named "LEVINGTO (LEVINGTO)" yesterday (23rd).


The police said that in order to crack down on illegal activities and cut off the income sources of triads, the Organized Crime and Triads Investigation Bureau (commonly known as O Ji) and officers from various regions launched a code-named "LEVINGTON Sweeping Point (LEVINGTON)" yesterday (23rd). )” anti-triad operation, raided multiple units in Hong Kong, smashed 3 suspected illegal baccarat gambling stalls, 7 suspected illegal fishing machine gambling stalls, 4 suspected illegal mahjong gambling stalls, and 1 suspected illegal thirteen cards Gambling stalls, 1 suspected illicit cigarette storage warehouse and 2 suspected prostitution establishments.


During the operation, officers arrested a total of 234 people, including 119 local men, 87 local women, 4 Mainland men, 8 Mainland women, 14 non-Chinese men and 2 non-Chinese women, aged between 13 and 79.

They are suspected of "operating illegal gambling establishments", "gambling in gambling establishments", "operating prostitution establishments", "drug trafficking", "possession of drugs", "possession of offensive weapons", "resisting arrest", "criminal damage", " criminal intimidation", "wounding", "use of false documents", "possession of prohibited weapons", "unlicensed money lending", "obstructing police officers to perform their duties", "possession of unpaid cigarettes", "violation of conditions of stay" and "Money laundering".

All were detained for investigation.

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Officers seized a large number of gambling tools in various units, including fishing machines, mahjong tables, baccarat gaming tables, chips with a face value of about 2.04 million yuan, etc. They also seized a large amount of suspected drugs, including marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine, worth about 220,000 yuan ; In addition, 2 knives, about 1.65 million illicit cigarettes, 2 cars and about 1.93 million yuan in cash were seized.

The police reiterated that they will work hard to crack down on triads' sources of income; the police will adopt a zero-tolerance attitude towards triad-related activities and will strictly enforce the law.

A total of 234 people were arrested during the operation.

(provided by the police)

Source: hk1

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