The fun is officially over at an illegal gaming house that was operating in downtown Toronto until just last week. A news release by Toronto Police Services (TPS) says that more than a dozen people were charged in connection to the gaming house at Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street West on Friday, January 29. Editor's Choice: York Public Health Says People Are Catching The U.K. Variant On Two-Minute Shopping Trips “ The province is currently under a provincial Stay-at-Home order and investigators laid charges against 14 people. Toronto Police Services The report indicates that officers responded to a call of a man with a gun in the area and discovered the gambling house in the basement of the residence upon arrival at the scene. Police also recovered a "large amount of seized money" from the gaming house, which has been passed onto officers from the Financial Crimes Unit - Asset Forfeiture section. The 14 individuals charged are between the ages of 30 and 62. They are scheduled to attend court on March 25, 2021. The investigation remains ongoing, police say. Back in September, York Regional Police shut down another illegal gaming house, only this one was operating a high-end casino out of a Markham mansion. Police said at the time that 11 guns, $1 million in cash and $1.5 million in alcohol were seized from the property. Thirty-three individuals were charged in total.
