Twelve persons, including a woman were arrested from south Delhi's Mehrauli for allegedly indulging in gambling, police said here today. On the intervening night of August 22 and 23, a raid was conducted at a farmhouse in Meharuli and 12 persons involved in gambling were caught left-handed, they said.

One of the accused, a Nepali woman, was specially hired from Goa to distribute playing cards and assist in gambling by the organiser Dinesh Kumar, the police said.