Police Cripple Macau Scam Online Gambling Syndicate Active Around Kl

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Kuala Lumpur police have crippled a Macau Scam and online gambling syndicate after 11 individuals, including four Chinese nationals, were arrested in three raids conducted around the capital on Monday.
Dang Wangi District police chief ACP Mohamad Zainal Abdullah said in the first raid at about 3.30pm, three Chinese men aged 28 to 34 were arrested at a condominium on Jalan Doraisamy, off Jalan Sultan Ismail in Kuala Lumpur.
He said the team which conducted the inspection found 40 mobile phones of various brands, two computers, 1,168 Chinese yuan (RM725) and RM5,011.
"Investigations found that the syndicate was carrying out investment fraud, namely the Macau Scam, and all of them were remanded for four days until Dec 25 for further investigation," he said in a statement yesterday.
Mohamad Zainal said the next two raids were carried out by a team from the Criminal Investigation Department from the Dang Wangi District police headquarters on Jalan Conlay, Kuala Lumpur.
According to him, in the first of the two raids at a residency at about 5.30pm, the police arrested a 35-year-old male Chinese national suspected of being involved in online gambling, who is currently under remand until Dec 25.
He said half-an-hour later, they raided another room and detained seven individuals including two foreign women from Thailand and Vietnam aged between 21 and 33.
"The results of the police inspection found, among other things, cards, gambling notes and RM23,200 in cash. All of them are remanded for two days for further investigation," he said.
Two foreign women arrested
In another matter in Kuala Lumpur, two foreign women – an Iranian and a Ukrainian – were arrested on Monday afternoon after they were suspected of being involved in drug trafficking activities around the capital.
Brickfields District police chief ACP Anuar Omar said interrogation led to the discovery of cannabis weighing 483 grams and five plastic packets containing ketamine weighing 65.76 grams, both estimated to be worth RM7,542.
“The drugs were found in a car parked at a condominium in Mont Kiara in Sri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur. A preliminary investigation found that the two suspects have been involved in drug trafficking activities for the past one month,” Anuar said in a statement yesterday.
He said police also seized RM22,411 in cash and the two suspects were remanded for seven days until Dec 28.
The case is being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries the death penalty upon conviction, he said.
- Bernama

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