65 arrested as Hong Kong police raid unlicensed nightclubs, gambling dens

Hong Kong police have arrested 65 people in a crackdown on a criminal syndicate accused of running unlicensed nightclubs and gambling dens, where suspects allegedly served illicit drugs and hired illegal workers as hostesses. Superintendent Ching Chi-yan said on Sunday that the force’s intelligence indicated a criminal syndicate was running illegal nightclubs inside industrial buildings in Hung Hom, as well as gambling dens in other areas of Kowloon West, prompting the operation. “Over the past...