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When Dearing this in mind it seems some police officers in Hongkong must have been associated with the culprit or had found it profitable to have turned a blind eye in his direction. However if the culprit was restricting his activities to assisting with carrying work of neroin ne may well have been able to conceal this from other police officers working around him.
We were aware in Shangnal of the temptations involved, but during all my years of service there working at stations and at headquarters i never came across a single case where an officer had got himself involved in the drug traffic or in any corrupt practices. The seizures of narcotics from raids by the Nartotic Branch were enormous. The headquarters Crime Branch where I once served as a member with other senior officers were always busily engaged probing into the work of major investigations to check that this was being kept free of any corruption.
As for the present position of this culprit Godber, as outlined in the newspapers, it seems some evidence must be availabie In hongkong to link him to a criminal charge of conspiracy sufficient to warrant his extradition with the support of the British authorities here, particularly when bearing in mind he absconded when under investigation at nongkong where it had been established he had amassed large sums of money from his extra legal activities. I well remember some of the major criminal investigations done in Shangia. by me which had to be very carefully managed in order to outwit clever criminals facing extradition proceedings.
It would help the Hongkong authorities I think if the culprit Godber was interviewed here by Scotland Yard officers with the assistance of Treasury officials to extract from him details of his financial transactions. The onus being on him to provide a truthful accounting from where and from whom the money was obtained, so that the details could be checked. If he remains silent then this adds to his guiit.
I am of the opinion that on finding that a case was being built up to bring about nis extradition to Hʊngkʊng he may weil express a desire to return the money there where it can be confiscated by the authorities if by doing this he can escape from extradition to stand trial and have the money confiscated. ne seems to be the type of man who would not have the courage to face or risk a trial in Hongkung. Apparently his gulity knowledge and lack of moral fibre ied to him fainting when first confronted by investigating officers in Hongkong.
I am hoping that Judge Alastair Blair Kerr dealing with this case in Hongkong will be given the strongest possible support to bring this culprit to book. I only wish I could