Police have arrested 37 gamblers and recovered Rs 332,000 cash stake money, 33 mobile phones and other items from their possession.
According to details, Race Course police acting on a tip-off conducted a raid in Dhoke Syedan area in its jurisdiction and held seven gamblers namely Zulfiqar, Nisar, Fahad, Khurram and others who were allegedly involved in betting while playing cards.
Police recovered Rs 220,000 cash stake money, seven mobile phones and other items and registered a case against them.
Waris Khan police raided in Dhoke Khabba area and netted 14 gamblers identified as Rais, Banaras, Rafique, Abbas, Rizwan, Riaz and others and recovered Rs 75,000 cash stake money and nine mobile phones.
Meanwhile, Sadiqabad police nabbed eight gamblers namely Abdul Qayyum, Bilal, Qamar, Naeem, Fazal Amin and others from Aslam street area. Police also recovered Rs 31,500 cash stake money with eight mobile phones.
New Town police also held eight gamblers identified as Javed, Ghulam Fareed, Numan, Rashid, Yasir, Basharat and others from New Phagwari area and recovered Rs 5500 cash stake money with nine mobile phones.
