TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1983
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POLICE KEEP UP DRIVE AGAINST VICE
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KEEPING UP THE THREE-PRONGED OFFENSIVE AGAINST VICE PERPETRATORS, POLICE CARRIED OUT 2 641 RAIDS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY LAST MONTH (MAY) RESULTING IN THE ARREST OF 1 959 PERSONS.
ANNOUNCING THESE FIGURES TODAY (TUESDAY), A POLICE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE OPERATIONS WERE MAINLY DIRECTED AGAINST ILLEGAL GAMBLING ESTABLISHMENTS, DRUG DIVANS AND VICE DENS.
HE SAID THAT 485 PERSONS WERE ARRESTED DURING 473 RAIDS CONDUCTED ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 1 101 ARRESTED IN 1 817 RAIDS IN KOWLOON AND 350 ARRESTED IN 325 RAIDS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. ANOTHER 23 PERSONS WERE ARRESTED BY NARCOTICS BUREAU OFFICERS IN 26 OPERATIONS MOUNTED DURING THE MONTH.
ON THE ANTI-GAMBLING FRONT, POLICE CONDUCTED 298 RAIDS DURING WHICH 768 PERSONS WERE ARRESTED. STAKE MONEY AND THE VALUE OF BETTING SLIPS SEIZED TOTALLED $44 100 AND $203 100 RESPECTIVELY.
IN AN OPERATION MOUNTED ON MAY 25, OFFICERS OF WESTERN POLICE STATION ARRESTED A MAN FOR BOOKMAKING AND SEIZED A QUANTITY OF BETTING SLIPS WORTH ABOUT $10 000 DURING A RAID ON A CATCHICK STREET PREMISES. THE ARRESTED PERSON WAS LATER CONVICTED IN COURT AND FINED $5 000.
IN ANOTHER ANTI-GAMBLING OPERATION CARRIED OUT IN THE AFTERNOON OF MAY 28, TUEN MUN OFFICERS RAIDED AN UNNUMBERED HUT IN THE DISTRICT AND ARRESTED TWO MEN. THEY ALSO SEIZED BETTING SLIPS WITH A TOTAL FACE VALUE OF OVER $19 000. THE PAIR WERE LATER CHARGED WITH BOOKMAKING AND SUBSEQUENTLY FINED $20 000 AND $10 000 RESPECTIVELY.
TURNING TO THE CRACKDOWN ON DRUG TRAFFICKERS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID 812 PERSONS WERE ROUNDED UP DURING 1 178 RAIDS ON PREMISES AND SEARCH OPERATIONS IN THE STREETS.
AMONG THE SEIZURES WERE 5.4 KG OF HEROIN AND 357 G OF OPIUM. AS FOR THE CLAMPDOWN ON VICE ESTABLISHMENTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT 1 165 RAIDS WERE CARRIED OUT LAST MONTH RESULTING IN THE ARREST OF 379 PERSONS.
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TWO IN ONE OF THE RAIDS CONDUCTED BY CENTRAL POLICE OFFICERS, WOMEN WERE ARRESTED IN A WELLINGTON STREET 3ARBER SHOP ON MAY 9 AND CHARGED WITH KEEPING AN UNLICENSED MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT. THEY WERE SUBSEQUENTLY FINED $1 000 AND $400 RESPECTIVELY.
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