In Irkutsk, a criminal case is being investigated over organizing illegal gambling outside the gaming zone. Investigators and police searched a basement on Litvinov Street and confirmed the gaming parlor, seizing gaming table tops, a large sum of money, chips and decks of cards. Notably, this is the second case in a week of an underground casino being shut down in the city.
The Third Department for Investigating Especially Important Cases of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Irkutsk Region is handling a criminal case initiated on the grounds of an offense under Part 1 of Article 171.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, in connection with the organization and conduct of gambling using gaming equipment outside the gambling zone.Law enforcement agencies received information that a gaming salon was operating in the basement of a building located at: Irkutsk, 2 Litvinov St. (near the Snezhinka café). In order to verify the information, investigators from the Investigative Committee, together with officers of the Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Irkutsk Region, conducted a search, during which the information was confirmed. Namely, the building of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Irkutsk Region is located on this street.
During the search, law enforcement officers seized 5 tabletops from gaming tables, a large sum of money, gaming chips, and decks of cards.
A range of measures is currently being carried out in connection with this fact. The criminal investigation is ongoing.
Recall that this is already the second case in a week of a clandestine casino being shut down in Irkutsk. At the end of September, law enforcement agencies discovered a large casino in the basement of a building on Sovetskaya Street. More than 20 slot machines and other gambling paraphernalia were seized.