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‘Chinese only’ casino den in luxury Kollupitiya condominium raided

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A highly confidential ‘Chinese only’ casino den carried out on the 28th floor of a luxury condominium apartment in Kollupitiya without any licence and even when gaming centres are still not been permitted to open owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, was raided by the Colombo City Excise officials last night.

The Excise sleuths on information used a security official of the same 30-storied condominium to get into the secret casino den, which had been operated by a Chinese national in two of its highly paid spacious apartments since January this year.

When the officials raided the place there had been 11 Chinese nationals including three females who had visited to obtain its services as clients.

The officials seized stocks of local and foreign liquor with imported cigarettes worth up to Rs.200, 000 with various gaming boards, equipment and casino chips of numerous denominations as well as cash amounting to Rs.6.5 million brought by the players.

A senior Excise official who led the raid told the Daily Mirror that the illicit gaming centre had been carried out in one of a kind way by enabling the players to place bets on virtual boards operated on line from a Chinese location that rendered images through two large television screens. Most importantly the illicit den had been commenced whilst the government had banned all casinos and nightclubs since March 18 countrywide lockdown owing to the Covid-19 situation.
By operating a casino sans a licence the perpetrators had evaded a tax fee of Rs.50 million to the government per annum,the official said.the suspect had paid a sum of Rs.700, 000 per month for the two apartments, which had been carried out even without the knowledge of the condominium management.

Excise Superintendent (Narcotics) Chanaka Nanayakkara is conducting the investigations with Colombo

City Excise Station Inspector Sanjaya Nishantha, Lakmal Senanayake and Excise Guards Dhananjaya, Prabath Fernando,aravinda,nalin Pryankara and Nilantha Rajapakse on the instructions of Excise Commissioner General Ariyadasa Bodaragama,additional Commissioner General Wasantha Dissanayake, Deputy Commissioner Kapila Kumarasinghe and Assistant Commissioner (Western Province) Shanthadeva Silva.

The arrested suspects along with the seized gaming goods had been handed over to the Kollupitiya Police for further investigations.they would be produced before Fort Magistrate today.(Kurulu Koojana Kariyakarawana, Pix by Kithsiri De Mel)

 

 


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  • saman Tuesday, 22 September 2020 09:31 AM

    Niyamai !!!

    FF Tuesday, 22 September 2020 09:32 AM

    DEPORT THE OPERATORS

    fok mi sun Tuesday, 22 September 2020 09:35 AM

    More such things will happen in future if we get closer to the Chinese

    Buffalo Tuesday, 22 September 2020 09:41 AM

    China Colony

    lal Tuesday, 22 September 2020 09:46 AM

    Things to expect in the Port City

    Jehan Tuesday, 22 September 2020 09:56 AM

    They were running a virtual gaming racket, through the net. Chineese like there government don’t follow rules.

    Prasat Tuesday, 22 September 2020 10:12 AM

    How many of the Rajapaksa family were present too?

    Bandra Tuesday, 22 September 2020 10:47 AM

    Well done but I hope this will not be swept under the carpet as we bend down and worship Chinese.

    Eichmann Bernhard Tuesday, 22 September 2020 11:17 AM

    This proves that the Chinese can do what they want

    Jinna Tuesday, 22 September 2020 11:52 AM

    Gota MR - Will release them very soon.

    Ranjith Tuesday, 22 September 2020 02:09 PM

    Chinese colony worst to come with Port City no respect for srilankan law facing the consequences for selling our country

    Ajja Wednesday, 23 September 2020 08:24 AM

    They will be released soon with one phone call from the hierarchy because we are a Chinese colony and we are dependent to Chinese.

    Dulaj Wednesday, 23 September 2020 12:33 PM

    Ironically, they were taken to the station by a police SUV, which was donated by the Chinese government.


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