{"id":372083,"date":"2026-06-23T22:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T22:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/372083\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T22:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T22:26:17","slug":"police-seize-three-illegal-gaming-machines-and-flavored-vapes-at-golden-mini-mart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/372083\/","title":{"rendered":"Police seize three illegal gaming machines and flavored vapes at Golden Mini-Mart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Three illegal gaming machines and over 500 prohibited flavored tobacco and vape products were seized from the Golden Mini-Mart after police investigated a citizen complaint about illegal gambling.<\/p>\n<p>The Bakersfield Police Department said on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, at around 9:15 a.m., detectives from the Bakersfield Police Department Vice Unit responded to the Golden Mini-Mart, located at 1319 Golden State Avenue, in response to a citizen complaint regarding illegal gambling activity.<\/p>\n<p>BPD said during the investigation, three illegal gaming machines were seized, along with money and 517 flavored tobacco and vape products, which are illegal under state law.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PHOTO: BPD\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6cf8b03d-f94a-49d1-b627-0a8e00900597-UntitledAugust202025at10.44.419.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Police said one employee at the business was cited for possession and or\/control of a slot machine.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with additional information regarding this case, or information about other suspected illegal gambling operations, is asked to call the Bakersfield Police Department at 661-327-7111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Three illegal gaming machines and over 500 prohibited flavored tobacco and vape products were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-372083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}