Beijing police arrested 110 people, including foreigners, in a crackdown on ticket scalping for Olympic events. The police seized 340 tickets while making the arrests yesterday, Xinhua reported, citing Shi Weiping, an officer with the Beijing Public Security Bureau. A Chinese woman was caught selling two gymnastics tickets with a face value of 150 yuan ($22) each for 1,000 yuan apiece, Shi said. A Dutch national was also selling 24 tickets for 10 times their face value near the National Aquatic Center, he added.
Olympic organizers said on Aug. 11 that they were pressing for a clampdown on illegal ticket sales, as scalpers were operating just yards from police. A total of 7 million tickets were put on sale for the Aug. 8-24 games. Three-quarters of them were offered locally, all of which sold out.
The Beijing police are setting up bilingual placards near Olympic venues to warn against ticket scalping, state-run Xinhua said. Offenders could be detained for 10 to 15 days, it added.
Source: Bloomberg, Xinhua
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