Article: OLY: China arrests 276 Olympic ticket scalpers: state media


AAP General News (Australia)
08-20-2008
OLY: China arrests 276 Olympic ticket scalpers: state media

BEIJING, Aug 19 AFP - Beijing police have arrested 276 people suspected of scalping
Olympic tickets, including 37 foreigners, state media reported tonight.

Authorities confiscated 613 tickets in the crackdown that began Friday around Olympic
venues, including the "Bird's Nest" Olympic stadium and the "Water Cube" National Aquatics
Center, Xinhua news agency said, citing police.

Seven of the foreign suspected scalpers will be held for an unspecified period, 18
others will have their stay in China "shortened" and the rest had been fined, said Beijing
Municipal Public Security Bureau ...

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