Illegal gambling devices were found in a Mineola café during an investigation that also found devices in a Garden City Park café on Wednesday, May 10, Nassau County police said.
Madeira Sports Café on 247 Mineola Blvd. had eight illegal gambling devices seized during an operation called “Operation Pop and Stop,” police said.
The investigation was done in conjunction with 3rd Precinct problem-oriented police officers, the Nassau County Fire Marshal, Town of North Hempstead Building Department code enforcement officers, New York State Liquor Authority investigators and the Village of Mineola Building Department supervisors.
Port Café on 2132 Jericho Turnpike in Garden City Park also had three illegal gambling devices seized in the operation that targeted various businesses, police said.
Domingos Martins, 61, was charged with possession of a gambling device for the Mineola café seizure and Jose Araujo, 60, was given the same charge for the Garden City Park café.
Both men were also issued multiple violations by the fire marshal and state liquor authority, police said.
The men were issued two appearance tickets to First District Court in Hempstead on May 24, 2023.
