Sat, 18 Oct 1997

77 questioned in gambling raid

JAKARTA (JP): Seventy-seven people were taken to City Police Headquarters for questioning after a raid on an amusement center which allegedly also operates as a gambling den on Jl. Pangeran Jayakarta in Central Jakarta.

City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said the police also confiscated 100 pinball machines and coins from the amusement center.

"The people we caught were gamblers, employees of the amusement center and other patrons," he said.

No one resisted arrest in the raid on the amusement center at about 12:30 p.m., he said. (jun)