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January 20, 2008
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Beijing police nabs 17 train ticket scalpers at beginning of travelseason

BEIJING, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Beijing police nabbed 17 scalpers and confiscated 84 train tickets on the second day of the Chunyun,or Spring Festival travel season, a spokesman said on Sunday.

More than 20 railway police raided some restaurants and telephone booths around the Beijing West Railway Station on Saturday after receiving reports, the spokesman said.

Ticket scalpers have turned to restaurants and booths to do their "business" after the police launched a crackdown on the illegal practice recently, according to him.

The railway police found 61 tickets in a box at the cash counter of a restaurant and seven tickets ...

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