Pune: Cops raid gambling den in Kondhwa bungalow; seize Rs 58.3 lakh cash & foreign liquor bottles
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- A case was registered at Kondhwa police station against the owner
Pune: In a great win, the Pune police crime branch officials unearthed a gambling den that was functional from a bungalow in the NIBM Kondhwa area of Pune. As a result of the bust, the cops' team seized foreign currency collectively worth Rs 8,04,407 as well as Indian currency worth Rs 47,76,500 from the ground zero.
Based on a tip-off, the investigating team raided the house on Friday. The crime branch team, including a female inspector, male inspector, and at least 3–4 other officials conducted a raid at the bungalow in civil dress.
The Hindustan Times report further suggests that seized foreign currency include Australian dollars 5,500 and American dollars 6,700 from the accused possession. The cops' team also seized foreign liquor bottles worth Rs 1,42,500 apart from one roulette table, gambling chips, and poker tables.
The report further suggests that Police Inspector Vinayak Gaikwad and inspector Shilpa Chavan of the social security cell were also part of the successful raid.
Another similar case
In yet another incident, a man was held on October 15 from a hotel near Tamil Nadu's Mahabalipuram on charges of running a gambling racket. Reportedly, the accused cheated at least 30 people in the name of an app-based online racket. As a result of the bust, the cybercrime wing of the central crime branch recovered Rs 24.68 lakh from his possession.
