SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Police officers and FBI agents are raiding 11 Vietnamese cafes and bars in a crackdown on illegal video gambling machines in a Northern California city.
San Jose Police Lt. Mike Sullivan says search warrants were simultaneously served at 11 locations Tuesday.
Sullivan says the raids capped a year and a half of investigations revolving around illicit gambling and “dozens of cases of violence” linked to struggles over money.
The San Jose Mercury News reported (http://bayareane.ws/1EVbUjx) Tuesday that details on the operation and on the businesses targeted will be released once the raids are completed.
San Jose Police Sgt. Todd Trayer and a counterpart from the FBI’s San Jose office were reviewing a string of shootings and stabbings connected to bars and cafes in November 2013 when they saw a pattern.
They began a joint investigation that led to Tuesday’s raids.
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Information from: The San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News, http://www.mercurynews.com
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