Lee County detectives and state gaming officials raided an illegal gambling network, seizing nearly $1.6 million in assets and recovering 239 illegal slot machines. The sweep followed a lengthy narcotics and financial investigation and culminated Tuesday as the Lee County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Unit and the Florida Gaming Control Commission executed coordinated search warrants across Florida and Pennsylvania. Investigators targeted five local arcades, private residences, and bank accounts. Undercover operations, surveillance, and financial analysis led them to a racketeering and money laundering ring operating across Lee County and extending into Mercer, Pennsylvania. The operation recovered or identified illicit assets totaling $1,589,149 in seized cash, gold, and frozen accounts. Authorities seized 239 illegal slot machines, including $30,250 in cash recovered from machines inside Sneaky Pete's Lucky 7 Arcade and 777 Arcade. Among the financial finds, officials said a search of a Mercer home uncovered a safe containing high-value jewelry and U.S. currency linked to the Florida arcades. The network also had $715,272 in currency, $661,454 in gold coins and bars, and $383,573 in frozen bank assets tied to it, along with high-value purses and jewelry, according to officials. Officials arrested 10 people connected to ownership, financing, management, and operation of the illegal gambling sites. Sheriff Carmine Marceno said agencies followed the money and targeted people and the infrastructure investigators uncovered. Detectives and gaming officials have not disclosed court dates or bond amounts for the 10 individuals, and analysts are still reviewing seized records and evidence.