Detectives of Central Police Station were busy yesterday rounding up a gang of alleged conductors and agents of "Hwa Hwei" lotteries, a particularly pernicious form of Chinese gambling.
The first arrest was made yeterday morning in Nanking Road, near Honan Road, and it led to fifteen more Chinese being taken into custody.
The subsequent arrests were made in raids made by the Central detectives in Sinza Road and Markham Road, All the prisoners are men, Investigation revealed that the entire band was working for "Hwa Hwei" lotteries being conducted in the western "bad lands," particularly in the Jessfield area, in territory j under the jurisdiction of the so-called Special Municipality.
The police seized a large quantity of "Hwa Hwei" papers and gaming paraphernalia in the course of yesterday's raids, These will be produced when the sixteen accused pear in the First Special District Court today.
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