TWO ONLINE BOOKIES ARRESTED IN INDIA


4/20/2012 : TWO ONLINE BOOKIES ARRESTED IN INDIA
 
Police bust internet cricket betting ring
 
The police in Bangalore, India continued to pursue illegal online bookies taking bets on cricket matches Thursday, reporting the arrest of two twenty-something online bookies.
 
The original bust took place at the Hotel Rajmahal Comfort, where police seized 34 mobile phones, a laptop and a substantial amount of cash and arrested one bookie in the act of making a bet. Useful information was also recovered by the police executing the raid.
 
A police spokesman revealed that further investigations indicated that the booking activity had spread beyond the city limits, and this lead to the arrest of a second bookie and more cash, which the accused was busy distributing money after the IPL match results.
 
Investigations into the duo's activities are continuing.