CONFISCATED: Ahmad Sofi (right) and a police officer inspecting some of the confiscated items.
KOTA KINABALU: Four people were separately arrested by police for involvement in illegal cyber gambling.
City police chief ACP Ahmad Sofi Zakaria said a team of police from the Karamunsing police headquarters carried out a raid on a premises in Lintas Plaza, Luyang on June 4 around 7.45pm.
“During the raid police confiscated 15 monitors, 15 CPUs, 15 keyboards, 13 mouses, a wifi-modem, a calculator, a log book, two telephones and RM270 cash,” he told reporters at a press conference at the city police headquarters in Karamunsing here yesterday.
Ahmad Sofi said a 37-year-old local man, believed to be the owner of the premises, was detained to facilitate police investigation which is framed under Section 4B(a) of the Common Gaming House Act 1953.
He said 15 minutes later, police once again raided another premises at Jalan Padang Merdeka in Bandaran Berjaya, here on suspicious of running an illegal cyber gambling outlet.
Police confiscated eight monitors, eight CPUs, eight keyboards, eight mouses, a calculator and RM27 cash, he said. Police detained three people, including the premises caretaker, aged 34 to 49, to facilitate investigation which is framed under Section 4B of the same Act.