GAFFNEY, S.C. - Police seized what they described as illegal gambling machines in a raid of two Gaffney businesses Tuesday.

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Department and the State Law Enforcement confiscated 70 computers and related hardware.

The raid came after undercover agents played games on machines and were paid for their winnings.

Authorities charged Norman L. Childers, 58, operator of Gameland Bingo Internet Cafe, and James Melvin Hicks, Jr., 43, operator of the Possum Corner Internet Cafe, with running illegal gaming devices. Both were released on bond.

The state outlawed video gambling machines five years ago. An order to destroy the machines has been issued.