Hawaii Illegal Gambling Joint Robbed, Suspects Apprehended

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Two alleged armed robbers who held upwards a gaming functioning inwards the Honolulu, Hawaii Island region were arrested later(a) in conclusion week. It appears no shots were fired during the holdup on the island paradise.

The duo stole an unspecified amount of cash and other items from an unnamed illegal venue shoemaker's last Monday, according to KHON, a local TV station.

Honolulu law said they were able to distinguish the two men. They were apprehended and charged.

Local tidings reports did non identify them or their charges. One suspect is 26 and the other is 27, KHON said.

Bail was set for the two men who both remained inward custody. One was being held at $100,000 bail. The other was beingness held at $500,000 bail.

Their cases will be turned o'er to a local court of law for possible trials.

Details on the offense were non released past authorities.

Gambling, Drug Arrests

In an unrelated incident, inward June it was revealed that trey Hawaii Island men were apprehended for alleged illegal gaming and drug trafficking. The two-year investigating involved 50 officers from the FBI and the Maui Island Police Department.

During a search, authorities seized $68,000, 15 pounds of suspected ice (meth), septet firearms, 20 gambling machines, play ledgers, tablets, and a money counter, officials said.

Numerous illegal gaming rooms were discovered by authorities in Hawaii. Locations for illicit activities were identified as Sports Bar & Grill in Waianae and sites at 980 and 977 Queens Street in Honolulu. Two snack shops, i in Lahaina and the other in Wailuku, were also identified.

The seized firearms included deuce “ghost guns.” These are purchased online, assembled after purchase, and cannot live traced.

Other seized firearms include: a .25 caliber loaded Beretta handgun, a Winchester 12-gauge shotgun, and a Remington 20-gauge shotgun. Also recovered were 25 caliber rounds and shotgun rounds.

Maliu Tauheluhelu, 37, Maafu Pani, also 37, and Touanga Niu, 21, were arrested on June 3. A 4th suspect, Desmond Morris, 38, was named in the indictment, too. As of early June, he had in time to follow apprehended.

Fatal Shooting

In May, a piece was jibe drained at an illegal gambling operation in Honolulu. a surmise was arrested for second-degree murder for the death, KHON said.

The victim, 33, got into a oppose with the virile suspect, the account said. The suspect fired an unspecified keep down of bullets at the man. The dupe soon died inner the gaming venue.

The suspect ran from the crime scene. Later, he was below stoppage for an unrelated criminal offense when he was identified past police force and arrested for the shooting.

The shot took come out cancelled of Kapiolani Boulevard on the island of Oahu. It is a major commercial message thoroughfare near Mamala Bay.

The suspect and victim likely knew to each one other before the fatal incident, police force said.

Neither the identify of the surmise nor of the victim was straightaway released by police force inwards Hawaii.

Hawaii is ane of deuce states with no more variant of legal wagering. Mormon State is the other.

Proposals to allow wagering hold been discomfited inwards the state’s legislature.