Updated: 08/08/2012 18:26

3 suspects caught for illegal football bookmaking

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Police have arrested three men for suspected involvement in illegal football bookmaking.

Two of them were caught at about 2.45 am on Tuesday around Hougang Avenue 7.

Police believe the suspects, who're 19 and 21 years old, assisted an illegal bookmaker by recruiting punters and collecting payment.

Police also seized mobile phones believed to contain punters' records, an ATM card and over $900 in cash.

At about 9am on the same day, Police arrested another suspect around Sengkang East Way.

Police believe the 35-year-old man was providing illegal soccer accounts for punters and had hired the suspects arrested earlier.

A computer and mobile phones believed to contain punters' records and cash of about $1,000 were seized.

Investigations are still ongoing.