IPOH: Police have crippled an illegal cockfighting syndicate and arrested 41 men during a raid on an orchard hut in Papan, near Batu Gajah, yesterday.
Perak police chief Datuk Mohd Alwi Zainal Abidin said the operation at around 7pm was led by the D7 Division of the Perak contingent police headquarters Criminal Investigation Department (CID), with assistance from the Perak IPK CID D9 Division, the Batu Gajah police headquarters Criminal Investigation Division, and the Perak Veterinary Services Department.
He said those arrested included a 50-year-old local man who claimed to be the organiser and owner of the premises, alongside two other individuals believed to be acting as a referee and an organiser's assistant.
