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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1990
3,499 RAIDS, 1,365 ARRESTS IN NOVEMBER
POLICE CONTINUED THEIR THREE-PRONGED ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST DRUGS, ILLEGAL GAMBLING
LAST
AND
VICE
ACTIVITIES
MONTH
(NOVEMBER), RESULTING IN THE ARREST OF 1, 365 PEOPLE IN 3,499 RAIDS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
MONTH,
A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT DURING THE 211 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN 420 RAIDS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 805 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN 2,716 RAIDS IN KOWLOON AND 339 PROPLE WERE ARRESTED IN 341 RAIDS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
IN ADDITION, NARCOTICS BUREAU OFFICERS APPREHENDED 10 PEOPLE IN 22 ANTI-DRUG OPERATIONS.
IN THEIR SUSTAINED EFFORTS AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING LAST MONTH, POLICE ARRESTED 609 PEOPLE IN 730 RAIDS. THE DRUGS SEIZED INCLUDED 7.1 KILOGRAMS OF CANNABIS, 3.5 KILOGRAMS OF HEROIN AND 1.9 KILOGRAMS OF OPIUM.
ON THE ANTI-GAMBLING FRONT, POLICE CONDUCTED 111 RAIDS AND ARRESTED 600 PEOPLE, SEIZING SOME $157,000 IN TABLE MONEY AND BETTING · SLIPS WORTH ABOUT $440,000.
TAPES
POLICE ALSO CARRIED OUT 2,658 RAIDS AND ARRESTED 156 PEOPLE IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST VICE ACTIVITIES. ABOUT 2,200 OBSCENE VIDEO WERE SEIZED.
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