Pretending to be police officers to catch gamblers, only taking money but not arresting people, 9 people were sentenced for "eating gangsters"

Our all-media reporter Guan Ying Correspondent Di Xiangang Wei Jin

Installing GPS positioning to track the "yao car" (casino shuttle bus), and using security uniforms as "police uniforms"... 9 people carefully disguised themselves and pretended to be police officers to stage a gambling drama. After a public prosecution by the Jurong City Procuratorate in Jiangsu Province, on October 26, the court sentenced Zhang to three years and one month in prison for robbery and a fine of 2,000 yuan; Xu, Wang and other eight people were sentenced to two years and eleven months to one year and three months in prison for pretentiousness and fraud.

Because of his addiction to gambling, Xu hung out in casinos all day long and never had a legitimate job. His wife and children also left him because of this. In early 2025, at a dinner party, Xu and Wang, who wanted to make quick money, came up with the idea of ​​pretending to be a policeman to "rush the scene" while chatting. Just do what they say, and the two of them each gathered three or four friends to agree on a division of labor and an action plan.

"You don't hit people or grab their belongings. You just knock on the table with a swing stick and shine a flashlight on people..." In order to make the fake look real, they bought "props" such as security uniforms with shoulder lamps, security hats, swing sticks, etc., and rehearsed several times in advance. In order to accurately track the location of the casino, they also purchased a GPS locator in advance. After locking the target casino, they secretly installed the GPS on the "kiln car" in order to accurately grasp the timing of committing the crime.

"I am a policeman, everyone squat down and don't move!" One night in March 2025, a gambling game was going on in a forest in Jurong. A sudden "law enforcement action" broke up this secret gambling game. Several "policemen" brought "law enforcement tools" and sprayed wildly. The gamblers were frightened and ran away. Xu and others took the opportunity to "confiscate" their gambling funds.

While driving away the gamblers, a gambler accidentally fell into a ditch. Seeing that the other party was still holding money, Zhang sprayed pepper spray on the gambler's face. When the other party lost the ability to resist, he took the opportunity to steal the 1,500 yuan from the other party.

In June 2025, the gang found two more open-air gambling stalls and repeated their old tricks. This time, the lookout "post" outside the gambling stall noticed something unusual - this group of people only robbed money but did not arrest people, which was obviously different from normal law enforcement behavior. After returning to the gambling stall, the "sentinels" swarmed up and caught a fake policeman on the spot, beat him up and let him go.

That month, a gambler who was unwilling to lose all his money reported to the Jurong police, saying that he was being investigated by fake police officers while gambling at a gambling stall. The gang wore "police uniforms" but had no police badges. They only took money but did not arrest anyone. This clue attracted great attention from the public security organs, and the case was immediately opened for investigation. The public security organs conducted thorough surveillance and quickly arrested Xu and other nine people. After arriving at the case, the gang confessed to the criminal act of impersonating the police to catch gamblers.

In November 2025, the public security organ transferred the suspected robbery case of Xu and other nine people to the Jurong City Procuratorate for review and prosecution. The prosecutor handling the case found that the gang impersonated police officers three times to enforce the law and illegally obtained 33,300 yuan. After investigation, eight people including Xu pretended to be police officers to enforce the law, causing the gamblers to feel fear and run away, and then picked up the property left behind in the casino, constituting the crime of fraud. However, Zhang went beyond the common criminal intention and directly sprayed pepper spray on the gamblers and stole 1,500 yuan in cash from the gamblers. He should be convicted and sentenced for robbery. All 9 people pleaded guilty and accepted punishment.

In December 2025, the Jurong City Procuratorate launched a public prosecution against nine people including Xu. The court made the aforementioned judgment after hearing the case.

In this case, three people including Zhuang, who opened a casino, were prosecuted by the Jurong City Procuratorate. From March to October this year, they were sentenced by the court to fixed-term imprisonment of ten months to seven months for the crime of opening a casino, and each was also fined.

At present, the above judgments have taken effect.