Police nab gambling coupon vendors

Police nab gambling coupon vendors

TANGERANG: Tangerang Police arrested on Monday 45 men for
selling gambling coupons in several districts of Tangerang
regency and municipality.

Police detectives chief Adj. Comr. Adi Saputra said on Tuesday
that his officers had also seized from the suspects 379 coupon
books, 14 gambling codes, nine gambling scratch cards, seven
calculators and Rp 2.4 million (US$260) in cash which the
suspects had allegedly obtained from the sale of the coupons.

Tangerang Police chief Sr. Comr. I Ketut Untung Yoga Ana said
the arrest was in line with repeated demands from public figures
and religious leaders, calling for the police to eradicate
gambling in both the regency and municipality.

He added that police usually targeted coupon vendors because
gambling started from them and residents would not buy the
coupons if they did not sell them. -- JP