The GNR Tax Action Unit seized, on Monday, 22, a total of 495 gaming machines in commercial establishments, warehouses and residences in the districts of Faro, Beja, Setúbal and Lisbon.
The seizure culminated an investigation started in 2021, to combat illegal gambling and tax fraud, “targeting the criminal offenses of exploiting games of chance, fraud and abuse of tax trust”.
According to the GNR, the investigation made it possible to determine the locations used as illicit gambling establishments, as well as those that were used for storage and distribution of the respective machines.
During searches carried out in establishments and residences in the districts of Faro, Beja, Lisbon and Setúbal, 495 machines, 1,109 posters associated with the machines and 874.50 euros were seized, specified the GNR.
The operation also resulted in the constitution of three defendants, two men and one woman, aged between 52 and 64, and two legal entities, one operating restaurants and the other distributing recreational products.
