Olympic ticket scalpers deported
China Daily | Updated: 2008-08-21 08:24
Several foreigners accused of trying to sell tickets for the Beijing Olympics at overinflated prices were escorted to the airport and asked to leave the country over the weekend, a police spokesman said late on Tuesday.
Between Friday and Sunday, police questioned a total of 276 "scalpers", 37 of whom were foreigners, Zhang Xiaoguang of the Beijing municipal public security bureau said.
The majority of the suspects were trying to sell tickets at inflated prices in areas close to the main venues, including the Bird's Nest, Water Cube and the Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium, he said.
A total of 613 Games tickets were also seized by police, he said.
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