Key legal question
Whether the seizure of the gaming machines under Art. 46 DPA was admissible and proportionate.
Extracted holding
The seizure remained justified because, at an early investigative stage, the available indications made an unlawful gaming operation plausible and the measure served to secure evidence and stop the suspected illegality.
Extracted reasoning
The findings in the machines, together with the discovery of other gaming devices in the same premises, sustained a serious suspicion. The Chamber of Accusation could not rule on the criminal merits but only on the admissibility of the seizure itself.