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It was observed that on-street drug transactions and drug peddling had been considerably reduced even in previously notorious areas. Such activi- ties had at least become less conspicuous and were believed to be confined to areas such as villages on hill-sides and some squatter areas. It was also reported that drug peddlers had been. operating in a mobile manner, with transactions effected on lorries or trucks moving from place to place and picking up buyers and then dropping them after the transaction. Some drug peddlers would hide a limited supply of heroin in a certain public place which would be revealed upon payment to a buyer who would then pick it up. Such
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arrangements would make it more difficult for the authorities to catch the drug peddlers with drugs on their person.
Addicts themselves also tried to be more discreet. Drug taking in public toilets, street corners, back lanes or staircases, was much less frequently
seen.
The significant reduction in drug trafficking was believed to have been the results of the following: (i) The impact of ICAC operations. (ii)
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Consolidated and intensified anti-narcotics efforts by the Government. Liaison and co-ordination between the Narcotics Bureau, the police, the Customs and Excise units and. with international anti-narcotics agencies: had produced very impressive results prominently publicized by the media.
The arrests of ring leaders such as Pai Ho
and Ma Sik Chun.
Much stiffer penalties inflicted on drug
traffickers in general and the "Mr. Bigs" in particular.
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