10 arrested in Mong Kok illegal mahjong parlour raid, $170,000 cash seized

Police arrested 10 people during a raid on a suspected illegal mahjong parlour in Mong Kok on Wednesday, seizing five electronic mahjong tables and about HK$17,000 in cash.

Officers from the Mong Kok district special duty squad raided a unit on Nathan Road under Operation FULLBOOM. A 50-year-old local woman was arrested on suspicion of "managing a gambling establishment." Five local men and four local women aged between 40 and 79 were arrested on suspicion of "gambling in a gambling establishment." All are being detained for investigation.

Police also seized a batch of gambling paraphernalia at the scene.

Under the Gambling Ordinance, operating a gambling establishment carries a maximum penalty of a HK$5 million fine and seven years imprisonment, while gambling in such premises carries a maximum penalty of a HK$30,000 fine and nine months imprisonment.