TUGUEGARAO CITY: Seventy-three Chinese and three Filipinos were arrested late Tuesday at a private hotel in Cagayan for illegal online gambling, police said on Wednesday. Frank Yu, hotel owner and OFA Cagayan State Developer Corporation head, who was tagged as the main culprit, is still at large. Operatives of the Cagayan provincial police, the Philippine National Police (PNP) Regional Anti-Cyber Crime Unit and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) regional office collared the 79 people at 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The raiders were armed with a search warrant issued by Judge Nicanor Pascual of the Regional Trial Court-Branch 8 in Aparri, Cagayan. The operation was part of a follow-up investigation by the Cagayan police and Regional Anti-Cyber Crime Unit.

Source: Manila Times August 05, 2020 04:25 UTC