Panaji: Five persons have arrested by the police and seized over Rs 43,000 in two separate gambling raids on Wednesday. The five accused were nabbed by Goa Crime Branch while they were accepting gambling bids, said Superintendent of Police (SP) Pankaj Kumar Singh.

"Three accused, identified as Rajesh (44), Sagar (41) and Sandeep (38), were arrested in the first raid conducted at Old bus stand Ponda. Cash worth Rs. 15,200 and gambling articles were recovered from them", Singh said.