A hundred and sixteen gamblers were arrested in a police raid in northern Vietnam, authorities said on Thursday.

Authorities seized five cars, 31 motorbikes, 12 mobile phones and 470 million dong (30,000 dollars) in the raid in a private home in Hung Yen province, 50 kilometers east of Hanoi.

The owner of the home and suspected organizer of the gambling den, Nguyen Ngoc Hung, 45, escaped and police are searching for him, said Bui Ngoc Phi, head of the social crime investigation department of Hung Yen province.

When police arrived, the gamblers were found while playing "xoc dia", an even-odd dice throwing game.

Source: Xinhua