Police and officials of the Northern Cape Gambling Board have raided buildings in three Namaqualand towns and seized various illegal gambling machines and cash and detained five people, police said yesterday. Capt Tony Modise said officers searched a building in Springbok and confiscated 54 illegal gambling machines and R70000 in cash. A man from Algeria was arrested. In Steinkopf 16 illegal gambling machines and R1600 cash were seized while two inhabitants, both female, were placed under arrest. Police arrested two women in Port Nolloth where 32 illegal gambling machines were confiscated with more than R6500 in hard cash. Gambling machine parts and more cash, about R150000, were also found. Modise said all those arrested appeared yesterday in the Springbok and Port Nolloth magistrate’s courts respectively and the cases were postponed to dates in April and May. Police said the investigation into the illegal gambling activities was continuing and more arrests were expected in the near future.