Monday, January 29, 2007

Members of the Organized Crime Section, Illegal Gambling Unit with the
assistance of Windsor Police Service executed a Criminal Code search warrant
at Sai Gon Billiards located at 922 and 926 Wyandotte St. W. in the City of
Windsor on the 24th of Jan 2007. As a result, a number of individuals have
been charged with illegal gambling offences. Acting on a Crime Stoppers tip
regarding illegal Video Gambling Machines, an investigation was commenced by
the Illegal Gambling Unit West team. The investigation confirmed the
existence of the machines where members of the public would attend to play
games of chance. This location was seeking to gain monetarily from the
gambling activity. The OPP Organized Crime Section, Illegal Gambling Unit is
in partnership with eight other police services in Ontario including London,
Toronto, Niagara, Peel, York, Windsor, Hamilton and Ottawa. The partnership
is responsible for the investigation of province-wide illegal gambling
investigations pertaining to Part VII of the Criminal Code, with an emphasis
on Organized Crime.