Olympic ticket scalpers detained

Police in Beijing's Xicheng district have detained six men accused of buying tickets for the Olympics with fake ID cards and selling them on at a profit, the Beijing Times reported yesterday.

The case is the first involving Olympic ticket scalping and is ongoing, as police seek to locate other suspects, the newspaper quoted police sources as saying on Monday.

On May 13, two migrant workers, surnamed Wang and Wu, were detained for allegedly using fake identity cards to purchase Olympic tickets at a branch of the Bank of China, an authorized ticket seller.