Police smash gambling ring, seize 1,500 suspects   

警方摧毁特大制售赌博机犯罪团伙 抓获1500余人

记者26日从中国公安部获悉，近日，公安部指挥多地公安机关摧毁涉及30省区市的特大制售赌博机并合作开设赌场的犯罪团伙，抓获涉案人员1500余人，收缴赌博机2万余台、赌资1600余万元人民币。

Beijing (CNS) -- Police have taken down a massive gang that had engaged in illegal gambling in more than 30 cities and provinces, the Ministry of Public Security said Sunday.

More than 1,500 suspects have been apprehended, and over 20,000 gambling machines and 16 million yuan have been confiscated, the ministry said.

Police in Wenling City of Zhejiang Province received reports in April that a local gaming center was making high profits from gambling machines.

The ministry then launched an investigation and discovered that a Guangzhou-based company that made the machines had partnered with the gambling ring.