Officers from the Economic Crime Division of the Bolesławiec County Police Headquarters, together with officers from the Customs and Tax Control Section in Zgorzelec, carried out further operations aimed at combating illegal gambling.
While inspecting various locations where illegal gambling games might have been taking place, the officers located and shut down an illegal arcade in the Gromadka municipality. Three illegal gambling machines, worth no less than PLN 36,000, were seized.
KPP Bolesławiec:
The machines were handed over to tax control officers, who will now conduct further proceedings in the case.
The secured devices had games of chance installed on them, operated for commercial purposes. (A licence required to operate a casino is necessary for them).
The police add:
Under the Fiscal Penal Code, organizing gambling games in breach of the regulations is punishable by up to 3 years in prison.