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Wednesday, May 23, 1973
MEASURES TO STOP SMUGGLING DRUGS INTO PRISON
The government is taking and will continue to impose every
measure possible to stop the smuggling of drugs into prisons and to
stamp out the clandestine manufacture of crude weapons from sharpened
pieces of material used in prison workshops,
The Hon. Colonial Secretary, Sir Hugh Norman-Walker gave a
further assurance in Legislative Council that this problem was a matter
the Government took very seriously.
"Increased searches in recent months have resulted in the
discovery of a quantity of such weapons, and additional measures have
been imposed to check the movement of these materials inside the prison,"
he said.
He pointed out that contrary to much recent speculation, the
problem of drug trafficking is confined mainly to the Victoria Reception
Centre and Stanley Prison.
"There has been no case of smuggling of fire-arms into prisons
for may years,
"Sir Hugh added.
The whole problem, in addition to several others which were
highlighted by the recent prison disturbances, are at prosont under the closest
examination by the government.
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