Hong Kong police arrest 16 after raid on gambling den with arcade machines

Hong Kong police have arrested 16 people, including seven mainland Chinese visitors, after shutting down an illegal gambling den that offered arcade fishing game machines in Kowloon.

The force said on Friday that the gambling den, which was raided by officers the previous day, operated in a residential flat on Fa Yuen Street in Mong Kok.

Six arcade machines, HK$3,000 (US$385) in cash and gambling paraphernalia were seized in the raid.

The 11 men and five women were rounded up in the operation, code-named “Fullboom”.

Police said nine suspects were Hong Kong residents, while the others – two men and five women – were from the mainland.