The Gaming Commission and Hacienda impose $52,000 in fines in the northeast

On July 11, 2026, Ey Boricua reports that Police agents, the Department of the Treasury, and the Gaming Commission carried out an operation inspecting permits and overseeing gambling machines in Loíza, Canóvanas, and Trujillo Alto. The headline adds $52,000 in fines. The breakdown the outlet puts is from Trujillo Alto: Hacienda issued $2,000 and the Gaming Commission $50,000 at the establishment La Gringa Kitchen, for irregularities related to gambling machines.

In Canóvanas, the authorities inspected La Nueva Estrella Sport Bar and Los Picapiedra and found no irregularities. They also reviewed El Ombligo and El Pekeke Mini Market, without irregularities. In Loíza, in the vicinity of El Criollazo supermarket, they arrested a man for alleged violations of the Arms Act and the Controlled Substances Act: they seized a Glock model 27 pistol, .40 caliber, two packets of marijuana and $260 in cash, and confiscated a green Toyota Corolla. That arrest is the one the page lists alongside the operation. This note does not turn it into a separate police chronicle. The operation was led by the Carolina Drugs Division, with the Motorcycle Unit, Aibonito, Humacao, and Guayama divisions, and the K-9 Unit.

These gaming fines are not DTOP's $71 million ticket amnesty of July 1 nor the $80,000 fine on Politank Corp. of July 8. Three collections, three URLs. The reader who wants the operation report has the Ey Boricua URL at the foot.

Source: Ey Boricua. https://eyboricua.com/comision-de-juegos-y-hacienda-imponen-52000-en-multas-durante-operativo-en-el-noreste/