KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — A teenage boy was arrested at a cafe in Bandar Sunway yesterday on suspicion of being involved in betting on Euro 2024 football matches.
Subang Jaya district police chief ACP Wan Azlan Wan Mamat said the 19-year-old teenager was arrested at 12.50am. The police also confiscated his mobile phone for having gambling activities in betting on Euro 2024.
“The teenager was remanded for three days until Friday (July 5), and the case is being investigated under Section 6(3) of the Gambling Act 1953 (Act 495),” he said in a statement today.
The teenager’s arrest was part of Op Soga’s operation, which began on June 14 and runs until July 14.
Meanwhile, eight raids have been carried out so far around the Subang Jaya area by the Subang Jaya Criminal Investigations Department (CID), the Sunway City police station, and the Selangor police contingent headquarters’ CID.
During the raids, the police arrested nine individuals aged 19 to 35 and confiscated nine mobile phone units that had gambling activities for Euro 2024 betting.
The cases are investigated under Section 6(3) of the Gambling Act 1953 and an immigration offence under Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 (Act 155).
Members of the public who have information on criminal and gambling cases are told to channel the information to the police via telephone number 03-78627222 (District Control Centre, Subang Jaya).
— Bernama