Police have arrested 21 people during a raid on a suspected illegal baccarat gambling den in Mong Kok.
Officers from the Mong Kok special duty squad raided a unit on Mong Kok Road on Thursday under Operation FULLBOOM.
Three local women, aged 59 to 64, were arrested on suspicion of "managing a gambling establishment" and "assisting in the operation of a gambling establishment." Six local men, ten local women and two mainland Chinese women, aged 21 to 78, were arrested on suspicion of "gambling in a gambling establishment."
Police seized two baccarat tables, chips with a face value of about HK$24,000, approximately HK$26,000 in cash, and a batch of gambling equipment.
All detainees are being held for investigation. Police reminded the public that operating and gambling in a gambling establishment are serious offences under the Gambling Ordinance, carrying maximum penalties of a HK$5 million fine and seven years' imprisonment for operators, and a HK$30,000 fine and nine months' imprisonment for gamblers.
