Bookies seem to have jumped on to the digital India bandwagon, making it difficult for the police to track and arrest them. The recent arrest of five accused by the Crime Branch has led the police to information on the complete digitisation of betting syndicates.

This is being done primarily to elude investigating agencies, the police said. Mumbai crime branch raided a flat in Kandivli last Tuesday and seized 26 mobile phones, a laptop, six debit/credit card swipe machines, a cash counting machine and over Rs 91,000.