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gambling ring uncovered by the Jakarta Police in Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday employed as many as 10 lookouts.

Jakarta Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Argo Yuwono said on Thursday the lookouts were deployed around a gambling den in an alley to monitor the movement of strangers.

“Their job was to keep watch for any suspicious individuals traversing the area. They communicated via cellphone in case of someone entering the alley,” said Argo as quoted by kompas.com, noting that each lookout was paid Rp 100,000 (US$7.25) to Rp 200,000 per day to secure the gambling den, which had been operating for about a year.

According to Argo, the police detained the lookouts and confiscated their phones, and then moved to raid the gambling premises.

In the raid, police arrested 85 men and women allegedly engaged in gambling. They are currently being held for questioning.

Police also confiscated Rp 300 million in cash, gambling equipment, cellphones and a logbook. The police have yet to determine the scale of the ring’s profits.

The suspects have been charged under Article 303 of the Criminal Code, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment and a fine of Rp 25 million.