Asia
Police Cracks Down on Online Gambling Ring in Indonesia

The Indonesian police have cracked down on an online gambling ring in Bayan Lepas. There were sixteen Indonesian men involved in illegal gambling operations. The police said that the online gambling ring was making about RM200,000 per day.
The raid was organised by a joint team of Penang Crime Investigation Department and Northwest District police. The Penang police chief Datuk Comm T. Narenasagaran confirmed that 11 Indonesian men between the ages of 19 and 47 and five Indonesian women aged between 24 and 32 had been arrested.
The police chief also confirmed that they had seised several computers, mobile devices, and other pieces of equipment that would facilitate online banking and transaction processing.
“The ring created a website for online gambling and used WeChat and Whatsapp to communicate with clients in Indonesia,” he said.
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