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Preventive Service officers. They remain on board many of these vessels while in Colony waters to prevent drugs being smuggled ashore.
In 1966 a total of 776 ships were guarded throughout their stay in the harbour, 919 were searched, and 66 seizures were made of narcotics on ships. The estimated value of narcotics seized by the Preventive Service from all sources in 1966 was $920,000. At the airport the Preventive Service searches incoming aircraft, goods and baggage. Particular attention is paid to those which arrive from, or have passed in transit through, known sources of narcotics.
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