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More than 30 bottles of alcohol, including at least 15 bottles of Moutai, a Chinese liquor that costs about $500 to $600 a bottle, were displayed on a shelf.PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO Officers seized mobile phones and gambling-related paraphernalia. An ambulance arrived at the bungalow at about 2.30am to take one of the suspects, a woman in her 20s, to a hospital as she felt unwell. Under the Common Gaming Houses Act, those convicted of using a place as a common gaming house can be fined between $5,000 and $50,000 and jailed for up to three years. Those convicted of gaming in a common gaming house can be fined up to $5,000 or jailed for up to six months, or both. Toa Payoh mahjong den Earlier that night, the police raided a four-room HDB flat in Toa Payoh Lorong 8, which was allegedly hosting mahjong games that had been advertised on social media. A police spokesperson said the home owner, a middle-aged woman, was allegedly using one of the bedrooms to host gambling sessions. ST understands participants had to pay an entrance fee and a $15 service fee to play. When the media entered the flat at around midnight, the home owner was being questioned by an officer. Her husband and daughter were sitting in the kitchen. Two players, a man and a woman, were also in the room giving their statements to the police. Three women and two men, all Singaporeans, were arrested.
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