Police today arrested 13 gamblers from a restaurant at Gairigaun of Changunarayan Municipality-6 in Bhaktapur district.

Police arrested them from New Gantabya Restaurant and Hotel run by Man Bahadur Tamang, 37, at his house.

According to DSP Raju Pandey, a team of police raided the hotel and held the gamblers along with 16 set of Kauda (dice) and Rs 822,060.

Police have forwarded the process of action against the gamblers.