Muscat – The Royal Oman Police announced that the Buraimi Governorate Police Command, with the support of the Mahdah Special Tasks Police Unit, arrested 25 people of Asian nationality on charges of gambling.

ROP stated that the culprtits were caught red handed and that legal procedures against them are being completed.

According to the Omani Penal Code, gambling can land a person in jail to up to three years, and fines of up to RO 1,000 or one of these two penalties.