Police Make a 'Clever Move' in Gambling Crackdown... Enforcement for Violating 'Infection Prevention Act'

Busan Seobu Police Station, Responded to Report but 9 Men Removed Evidence and Denied; Warned "Don't Gather"

Busan Seobu Police Station.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Police who rushed to the scene after receiving a gambling report raided the location, but since all gambling evidence had disappeared, they cracked down under the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act, which prohibits private gatherings of five or more people. This was a clever move to prevent the gambling den from being set up again.

According to the Chungmu Police Substation of the Western Busan Police Station on the 19th, police who responded to a report of a gambling den operating inside a building in Seo-gu cracked down on nine men at the scene for violating the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act.

The police showed ingenuity in anticipation that the group would gather again to resume gambling after removing the evidence. This is the first case where a violation of the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act was applied to a 'gambling den' where evidence had disappeared.

On the 16th at around 4:30 p.m., police received a report that several people were gambling on the second floor of a building. The police dispatched to the scene faced a standoff lasting more than five minutes with men who had locked the office door.

Afterwards, when the men opened the door, the police entered and found nine men, including Mr. A (in his 50s), sitting around a round table in the office.

They asked the police why they had come as if nothing was wrong. Meanwhile, they had removed all gambling evidence such as cards and cash.

The police could not search their bodies due to lack of a warrant. Instead, they cracked down on them for violating the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act and handed them over to the Seo-gu Office.

Seo-gu is considering imposing a fine of 100,000 won per person for violating the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act.

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