SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1975
DRUG RUNNERS HIT HARD BY PREVENTIVE SERVICE
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THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE HAD ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL MONTH AGAINST DRUG PEDLARS IN JANUARY, SEIZING MORE THAN $1 MILLION WORTH OF DANGEROUS DRUGS DURING THE MONTH.
THE BIGGEST SEIZURE MADE BY PREVENTIVE SERVICE OFFICERS THIS YEAR WAS ON JANUARY 21 WHEN TEN BLOCKS CONTAINING 12.6 KILOGRAMS OF +999+ MORPHINE WERE SEIZED FROM A PRIVATE CAR.
THREE MEN WERE ARRESTED AND A FURTHER 1.75 KILOGRAMS OF HEROIN WERE SEIZED FROM A FLAT INSIDE THE KOWLOON WALLED CITY AS A RESULT OF FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATIONS.
A TOTAL OF 239 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH VARIOUS NARCOTICES OFFENCES.
A LARGE QUANTITY OF OPIUM SMOKING EQUIPMENT INCLUDING 61 OPIUM PIPES AND HEROIN SMOKING AND INJECTION PARAPHERNAL IA WAS SEIZED.
THE TOTAL RETAIL VALUE OF ALL DANGEROUS DRUGS SEIZED IS ESTIMATED AT $1.378 MILLION. THIS INCLUDED 3.7 KILOGRAMS OF RAW OPIUM, 2.7 KILOGRAMS OF PREPARED OPIUM, A SMALL QUANTITY OF HEROIN, AND THE MORPHINE BLOCKS AND HEROIN SEIZED ON JANUARY 21,
MEANWHILE, THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE SUPPLY OF MOTOR BOATS ON HIRE AT HOURLY RATES FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR STARTING FROM APRIL 1, 1975.
THE BOATS WILL BE USED TO CONVEY PREVENTIVE SERVICE OFFICERS FOR JOURNEYS BETWEEN THE SHORE AND SHIPS AT ANCHOR IN THE HARBOUR AND FOR PATROLS WITHIN HONG KONG WATERS.
THEY WILL ALSO BE USED FOR SURVEILLANCE WORK SINCE THEY ARE LESS CONSPICUOUS.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE TOTAL SAILING TIME PER MONTH WILL NOT BE LESS THAN 200 HOURS AND THE TOTAL WAITING TIME 500 HOURS.
FORMS OF TENDER AND FURTHER PARTICULARS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE GENERAL OFFICE OF THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE HEADQUARTERS ROOM 1020, RUMSEY STREET CAR PARK BUILDING, 10TH FLOOR, HONG KONG.
THEY MUST BE SUBMITTED BEFORE 12 NOON ON FEBRUARY 28.
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