The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested 28 men and women from the mainland at the Venetian in Cotai yesterday for illegally engaging in currency-exchange activities, PJ spokesman Chan Cho Man said yesterday.

Chan briefed the media yesterday evening at the Venetian after PJ officers took action to combat unlicensed money-changing activities on the premises or margins of local casinos.

According to previous news reports, scores of illegal money changers walk around casinos asking gamblers if they wanted to exchange currency, mostly yuan and Hong Kong dollars, offering them seemingly attractive exchange rates.

Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort illegal money changers out of the Venetian in Cotai yesterday. Photo: Iong Tat Choi

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