INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, November 11
Police have seized a large number of playing cards installed with electronic chips that enable players to cheat
opponents by formulating a game plan in advance.
Every card in the deck, according to police, comes with a thin chip that transmits
information to players via bluetooth device in their smartphones, smartwatches, contact lenses and earphones.
&We have confiscated at least
Of them, at least 1,300 decks of playing cards were installed with chips, along with hundreds of bluetooth devices and special contact
lenses from a rented room of Nir Bahadur Karki, 36, at Sitapaila, Kathmandu,& said Deputy Superintendent of Police Rugam Kunwar at
Metropolitan Police Circle, Kalimati.
All the devices were illegally imported from China.
The cards look like ordinary playing cards
available in the market.
&We saw the chips in the cards after we scanned them using a device used for detecting counterfeit currency,& said
Deputy Superintendent of Police Kunwar
This is the first time police have confiscated such cards.
Police found that the cards were mainly used in the game of flush
Once the cards are distributed among players face down, the devices inform the user which player will win the game, according to
police.
Police also confiscated dozens of wallets, belts and props fitted with bluetooth devices that would transmit information to smart
devices.
It is learnt that one set of such playing cards were sold at Rs 100,000.
As the festive season of Dashain and Tihar recently
concluded, police are still investigating how many such cards have already been supplied in the market.
Police had intensified their
crackdown against illegal gambling this festive season in comparison to previous years, confiscating millions from gamblers.
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