Eliminate gangster casinos, customers must know the code

On September 27, the Investigation Police Agency of Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City, has just issued a decision to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused and execute the order to temporarily detain the subjects: Dang Huu Hung (60 years old, residing in Binh Tan District), Le Minh Long (50 years old), Pham Huy Hoang (57 years old, residing in Tan Phu District), Nguyen Thanh Thuy (50, from Ca Mau) for the crime of "Organizing gambling".

The police also prosecuted a number of other subjects for the crime of "Gambling".

Accordingly, through professional work and area management, Tan Phu District Police detectives discovered a gambling den in the form of a card game hidden behind the parking lot at 533 Le Trong Tan Street, Son Ky Ward.

Through investigation, it was clarified that around the beginning of September 2023, Hung, Long, and Thuy set up the above casino to collect the money.

The casino is hidden behind parking lot 533. Photo: CACC

In which, Hung has 5 previous convictions for crimes such as: "Theft of property", "Murder" and a previous conviction for "Organizing gambling".

The casino is located behind parking lot 533. Guests who want to enter must be acquaintances or be introduced, and know the signal that the organizers have agreed upon (honk the car horn for the gatekeeper to open the door). The group opened a cafe to gather the subjects to keep watch outside and installed cameras around to control the people around.

After learning about the developments at this casino, at noon on September 23, detectives set up an ambush and at around 4:00 p.m. the same day, the police force raided and caught them red-handed.

Police seized hundreds of millions of dong at the gambling den. Photo: CACC

And a large amount of cash in the trunk of the subjects' car. Photo: CACC

At the scene, the police caught red-handed gambling in the form of binh xap xam an chi, with 500,000 VND/chi. The police quickly controlled the subjects present.

At the same time, more than 210 million VND was seized at the gambling den along with a large amount of cash hidden by the subjects on their bodies and in the trunk of their cars.

At the police station, Hung, Long and Thuy admitted to setting up the gambling den to collect money. The money collected, after deducting expenses, was divided equally by the three subjects.

They hired Pham Huy Hoang (who had 2 previous convictions for "Organizing gambling") with a salary of 20 million/month to organize a professional casino...

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