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Saturday, March 30, 1974
SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS AGAINST ILLICIT DRUG ACTIVITIES
By Freventive Service
The Preventive Service mounted widespread land and sea operations
last month (February) to keep up the pressure against the illicit trade
in narcotics.
A total of 133 dangerous drug seizures were mado during the month –
104 on land, 20 on outer islands and nine on board incoming vessels. The
number of persons arrested totalled 485.
Two raids in the Walled City resulted in 11 sapkers being rounded
up and the seizure of 460 packages of heroin and 80 pounds of paracetamol
(a barbitone substitute).
A heroin supplying centre is Western District was also successfully
raided and 10,280 packages of heroin seizeť.
In the outlying areas, a total of 13 anti-narcotic actions were
mounted on Yung Shu Wan, Ping Chau, Cheung Chau, Tsing Yi and Mui Wo. Ten
were successful, resulting in the seizure of drugs and smoking paraphernalia.
Fourteen people were arrested one for keeping a divan, one for
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letting the premises be used as divan, nine for smoking opium and two for
possession of drugs and opium pipes.
into alleged copyright infringements.
During the month the Preventive Service conducted seven investigations
Riads were made on two centres manufacturing
pirated cassette tapes and one distribution centre, resulting in the seizure
of 6,681 pirated tapes and 42 recorde.
Action was also taken to suppress the production of illicit liquor.
Three stills, 61 gallons of rectified alcohol and 40 gallons of denatured
alcohol were scized. Another 20 gallons of fermenting material were destroyed
on site.
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