The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday the arrests of 15 alleged members of a loan-sharking gang from the mainland which continued to recruit new members after two rounds of arrests earlier this year, a PJ spokesperson said during a special press conference yesterday.
According to the spokesperson, the 15 suspects, 12 men and 3 women aged between 25 and 41, are from the mainland.
The spokesperson said the police arrested a total of 21 gang members in the two previous operations in March and June, but later discovered that the gang had recruited new members and resumed operations in June.
Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort some of the 15 suspected casino loan-sharking gang members to a vehicle outside the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday. Photo: Iong Tat Choi
