78 arrested over illegal gambling, including members of syndicate at racecourse

Hong Kong police have arrested 78 people, including a 16-year-old, in a crackdown on illegal gambling that uncovered a syndicate operating at the Happy Valley Racecourse. Lo Kin-pong, a chief inspector from the Hong Kong Island regional anti-triad unit, said on Tuesday that police targeted illicit drugs, gambling, prostitution and triad activities in a campaign that ran from July 7 to Monday. Officers arrested 42 men and 36 women, aged between 16 and 68, some of whom had triad backgrounds,...