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SEOUL - SOUTH Korean police said on Tuesday they had uncovered a suspected international crime ring which planned to cash in millions of dollars of fake casino chips smuggled from China.
Police arrested four South Koreans who tried to convert some of the chips into cash at Kangwon Land in the eastern province of Gangwon, the only casino in this country that is legally accessible to South Koreans.
'The fake chips are believed to have been made in China. We have requested Interpol to help investigate this case,' detective Won Moon Hee said.
'The chips are hard to tell from authentic ones, although they are slightly lighter than real ones.' The arrest was made after a cashier identified one of the suspects, who attempted to convert fake chips into cash for a second time.
Police seized some 3,700 chips, each of one million won (S$1,522) denomination, at various locations. -- AFP
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