Ashoka Garden police have arrested 18 gamblers who were gambling under the cover of the boundary of a printing press in the industrial area, playing cards and Rs 71000 cash have been seized from the spot.
According to TI Jitendra Pathak, on the night of Sunday, information was received from the informer that more than a dozen people were gambling behind the wall of a printing press in the industrial area.
After the information, the staff was sent to the spot where youths were seen gambling in the open behind the wall and all the gamblers were arrested.
In the action Rs 71000 were seized along with the playing cards. Action was taken against the accused by bringing them to the police station.
The nabbed gamblers were identified as Atik Ali (40), Nafees(45), Shadab(37), Mohammad Laik(35),
Azim Khan (36), Pawan Singh(28), Shakeel(30), Mohammad Iqbal (32), Ghaffar(28), Laik(36), Sanawwar (36), Santosh(36), Faraz(23), Sageer(32), Tabrez Khan(40), Sanjay Lad(56), Anees(30) and Narmada Prasad(53).
The past criminal record of the accused is under investigation.