South Korean law enforcers hit the jackpot when they uncovered a crime ring selling marked playing cards. Three men have been arrested for making and selling the cards which can be read with specially designed contact lenses.
The three allegedly manufactured and sold 26,400 sets of the cards over the past year and exported their technology to China for handsome sums, the prosecutors said.
Their product was so popular that a set of 12 packs of the marked cards sold for as much as one million won (NT$23,807) and drew an order from the US.
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The suspects are also accused of smuggling 2,000 pairs of specially designed contact lenses from China, with which their marked cards can be read.
The backs of the cards were marked with patterns and figures printed in special fluorescent pigment. These can be read with the special lenses to show what kind of hand another player is holding.
(AFP)
南韓執法人員幸運破獲了一個專門販賣記號撲克牌的犯罪集團。三名男子因製作及販售這種可用特殊設計的隱形眼鏡看穿的撲克牌而被捕。
執法人員表示,據說這三人過去一年就製造、販賣了兩萬六千四百組記號撲克牌,還將製造技術賣到中國,大撈了一筆。
他們這款產品相當熱銷,一組十二副售價高達一百萬韓元(新台幣兩萬三千八百零七元),還吸引了美國買家訂購。
這三名嫌犯還被指控從中國走私了兩千副特殊設計的隱形眼鏡,這種隱形眼鏡可以看出撲克牌上的記號。
撲克牌背面有用特殊螢光顏料印上的圖樣和數字,只要戴上特殊鏡片,就可以看到其他玩家拿了一手什麼牌。(法新社�翻譯:袁星塵)
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