A total of 16 individuals aged between 30 and 67 are being investigated for their suspected involvement in illegal online gambling activities, the police said in a press release on Thursday (Aug 22).
The suspects, consisting 11 men and five women, were arrested in a joint operation by the Criminal Investigation Department, Ang Mo Kio Police Division and Police Intelligence Department conducted from Aug 21 to Aug 22.
During the operation, simultaneous raids were conducted in the vicinity of Serangoon North Avenue 4 and several other locations across Singapore.
In video footage shared with media, officers in plainclothes can be seen staging in a corridor before using a battering ram to force entry through a doorway.
Officers then enter the property before the video ends.
Over $48,000 in cash as well as computers and other items related to gambling were seized by police as case exhibits.
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