The other 16 members of the group - who were aged between 21 to 39 and from Ethiopia, India, Nigeria and China - were working in the casino as cleaners, shisha servers, translators, a technician, a watchman and croupiers. He was sentenced to one year in prison, fined Dh100,000 ($27,225) and will be deported on completion of his prison term. We seized three new iPhones inside the room.”Ī Chinese citizen, 29, was charged with organising gambling at the secret den.
“There was a room in the villa as a command room containing screens to monitor the other rooms and gambling areas,” he said. It has a surveillance system in all rooms and there was a service for providing beverages and food for customers.”Ī second officer said they had seized several mobile phones in the raid, which led to prison sentences for 17 people.
“The two-floor villa has gambling tables, a cashier and other tools used in gambling.
