A casino pit manager and three junket workers have been detained for using a pack of apparently tampered-with cards in a baccarat game and managed to cheat a VIP room out of HK$24 million in just 30 minutes of gambling.

The Judiciary Police (PJ) held a special press conference yesterday during which PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said that the four are all local residents.

According to Ho, the foursome consists of a pit manager surnamed Ao, aged 38, and three junket workers: a 39-year-old surnamed Wong, a 39-year-old surnamed Ng, and a 34-year-old also surnamed Wong.

Two of the four suspects (hooded) in the HK$24 million tampered-with cards scam are being escorted by Judiciary Police (PJ) officers to a police van outside the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday. Photo: Iong Tat Choi

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