Cops round up 80 youth in loanshark crackdown

TNP PICTURE: Gavin Foo

THEY were looking to make a quick buck during their school holidays, but they could have wound up on the wrong side of the law instead.

About 80 youth were rounded up by police yesterday and brought to Bedok police station for investigations in a two-day operation conducted across the island that also saw the arrest of four adults.

The alleged source of trouble for the youth aged between 12 and 21? Distributing name cards and fliers which advertised loan shark activities.

One girl, a 13-year-old Normal (Academic) student, was offered the job while playing an online game.