The police found 2,633 UnionPay cards on Monday in a flat which was operated as an illegal inn in a residential building in Avenida Sir Anders Ljungstedt, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said yesterday during a regular press conference.

The spokesperson said the police, acting on a tip-off, arrived at the flat on Monday morning and found seven men and two women inside. One of the men, a mainlander surnamed Chen, admitted to having sublet the flat to visitors at a rate of HK$450 per night.

The police searched three other men, who were staying in one of the rooms, and found a total of 482 UnionPay cards and HK$175,000 in cash on them. Another 2,151 cards, two point-of-sale (POS) machines and 17 record sheets were found in the kitchen.

This photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday shows the UnionPay Cards found in the illegal inn on Monday. Photo: PSP

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