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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1974.
ON THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE, HE SAID THAT DURING THE PAST YEAR THE SERVICE SEIZED 380 KILOGRAMMES OF DANGEROUS DRUGS WITH A RETAIL VALUE OF THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AND MADE 4,389 ARRESTS.
+WE HAVE ALSO AT LAST HAD SOME SUCCESS IN ACTION AGAINST THE ILLEGAL IMPORTATION OF ACETIC ANHYDRIDE, AN IMPORTANT CHEMICAL USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HEROIN,+ MR. JORDAN SAID.
HE ADDED THAT THE SERVICE SEIZED 2,000 KILOGRAMMES OF THIS SUBSTANCE, A QUANTITY WHICH WOULD HAVE ENABLED THE DRUG TRAFFICKERS TO MANUFACTURE OVER 1,600 KILOGRAMMES OF HEROIN.
MR. JORDAN CONTINUED: +THE SERVICE HAS ALSO BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN DRASTICALLY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF OPIUM AND HEROIN DIVANS WHICH FLOURISHED PREVIOUSLY AND THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN DESTROYING THE SYNDICATE WHICH HAD FOR SO MANY YEARS OPERATED IN THE NOTORIOUS MA SHAN AREA, AND IN SMASHING THE HEROIN SYNDICATE WHICH HAD OPERATED IN THE SHEUNG SHU! AREA FOR A CONSIDERABLE PERIOD OF TIME.+
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