Illegal Geylang gambling den raided, more than $40k in cash seized and 21 people under investigation

Officers from Bedok Police Division and the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority conducted an enforcement operation against illegal gambling activities in a unit at Lorong 30 Geylang on Dec 10.

Ten men and 11 women, aged between 25 and 77, are being investigated for their suspected involvement in illegal gambling activities.

More than $40,200 in cash and other gambling-related paraphernalia were seized.

Under the Gambling Control Act, any individual who gambles with another person in or from any place or premises in Singapore and knows, or ought reasonably to have known, that the premises are an unlawful gambling place shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction to a fine of up to $10,000 or imprisonment of up to six months or both.

Also, any individual who conducts betting operations, gaming or lotteries unlawfully shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction to a fine of up to $200,000 and imprisonment of up to five years.

Investigations against the 21 people are ongoing.