Any gambling device, gambling apparatus, gambling records or memorandum, gambling sheets, slips, books or tickets of any kind or description designed and used for the purpose of facilitating, enabling or assisting in buying or selling any pools, lottery, "policy," tickets, punch boards, trade cards or scheme of chance, displayed or exhibited in manner contrary to Section 517.05 is declared to be a nuisance and prejudicial to the public good and public morals, and the same, when so unlawfully exhibited, exposed or displayed shall be seized by any police officer and destroyed upon the order of a court of competent jurisdiction, providing the same is not used as an exhibit of evidence in any criminal prosecution, in which case, the same becomes a part of the record of the court and shall be subject to destruction only after the final disposition of the case. (1969 Code 136.07)