The Singapore Police Force said in a press release that 12 people are under police investigation for their suspected involvement in illegal gambling.
Police officers from Woodlands Police Division conducted an enforcement operation at Yishun Street 61 on Tuesday (25 April).
3 men were arrested for conducting illegal gaming operations, and another 7 men and 1 woman were arrested for gambling through an unlicensed gambling service provider, with the age of the arrested people being between 51 and 64.
Another 76-year-old man is assisting with police investigations for allegedly gambling at an unlawful gambling place.
About $10,700 in cash, 3 mobile phones and gaming paraphernalia were seized by the police officers du ring the raid as case exhibits.
At the time of writing, police investigations into the suspects are ongoing.
Persons found guilty of being involved in illegal gaming operations face a jail term of up to 5 years and a fine of up to $200,000.
Those who are convicted of gambling with an unlicensed gambling service provider face a jail term fo up to 6 months and/or a fine of up to $10,000.
Other illegal gambling cases
Late last month, the Singapore Police Force said that a 51-year-old man had his “unexplained wealth” of about $110,332.67 from running an illegal gambling syndicate seized by the authorities.
In an operation by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) against a syndicate that operated remote gambling services facilitating lottery, soccer and horse betting since 2014, Gan Chin Huat (Gan), a 51-year-old Singaporean man, was arrested along with nine others.
Police investigations revealed that Gan was the upstream agent in-charge of creating and issuing online betting accounts for six co-offenders on various illegal remote gambling websites that facilitate lottery, soccer, and horse betting. This includes the collection of illegal 4D/TOTO bets and settling of illegal 4D/TOTO monies.
On 12 July 2018, Gan was sentenced to an imprisonment term of 26 months and a fine of S$160,000 for providing a Singapore-based remote gambling service and receiving illegal 4D and TOTO bets under the Remote Gambling Act 2014.
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Following his conviction, the Police had sought a confiscation order against Gan to forfeit the benefits derived by him from criminal conduct. Based on financial investigations conducted by the Police, Gan was found to have accumulated unexplained wealth through his illegal activities over the years. This amount was disproportionate to his known sources of income. On 13 March 2023, the High Court made a confiscation order against Gan, with the amount to be recovered under the order to be a total sum of approximately S$110,332.67.