SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 1984
GAMBLING CRACKDOWN CONTINUES
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POLICE ARRESTED 1 871 PEOPLE IN 2 499 RAIDS ON ILLEGAL GAMBLING ESTABLISHMENTS, DRUG AND VICE DENS IN APRIL.
IN THE CONTINUING CAMPAIGN AGAINST GAMBLING, DANGEROUS DRUGS AND VICE ACTIVITIES, POLICE CONDUCTED 470 RAIDS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, RESULTING IN 422 ARRESTS: 1 703 RAIDS IN KOWLOON WITH 1 119 ARRESTS, AND 287 RAIDS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WITH 307 ARRESTS.
DURING THE SAME MONTH THE NARCOTICS BUREAU ARRESTED 23 PEOPLE IN 39 OPERATIONS, A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
HE SAID POLICE CONDUCTED 266 ANTI-GAMBLING RAIDS AND ARRESTED 937 PEOPLE. STAKE MONEY TOTALLING $93 325 AND BETTING SLIPS WORTH $201 030 WERE ALSO SEIZED.
IN AN OPERATION ON APRIL 12, TSUEN WAN POLICE RAIDED A FLAT IN ALWAY GARDEN AND ARRESTED ONE MAN WHO WAS FOUND WITH BETTING SLIPS AMOUNTING TO $113 550, HE SAID.
THE MAN, CHARGED WITH BOOKMAKING, WAS FINED $30 000.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IN ANOTHER RAID, CAUSEWAY BAY POLICE ON APRIL 18 ARRESTED A MAN IN A MOON WAH LAU FLAT IN SUI MAN ROAD. BETTING SLIPS VALUED AT $38 000 WERE SEIZED. THE MAN WAS LATER CHARGED WITH BOOKMAKING AND FINED $11 000.
ON POLICE ACTION AGAINST VICE ESTABLISHMENTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID 1 540 RAIDS WERE CONDUCTED, RESULTING IN THE ARRESTS OF 286 PERSONS.
IN THE DRIVE AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKERS AND PEDDLERS, POLICE ARRESTED 648 PEOPLE IN 694 RAIDS ON PREMISES AND STREET OPERATIONS.
NARCOTICS SEIZED DURING THE MONTH INCLUDED 1.01 KILOGRAMS OF NO. 3 HEROIN, 0.27 KILOGRAM OF HEROIN AND A SMALL QUANTITY OF OPIUM.
ROLE OF GARRISON TO BE PROBED IN LEGCO
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THE HON CHAN YING-LUN WILL ASK ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE GARRISON STATIONED IN HONG KONG AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING ON WEDNESDAY (JUNE 13).
THIS IS ONE OF THE ELEVEN QUESTIONS TO BE RAISED BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS.
HON PETER POON WILL REFER TO THE RECENT ACCIDENTS TO BYSTANDERS AND PEDESTRIANS DURING HAWKER CONTROL OPERATIONS AND ASK WHAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO REDUCE THE DANGER OF SUCH ACCIDENTS IN FUTURE.
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