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"THE TOTAL NUMBER OF JEWELLERY/WATCH SHOPS BEING ATTACKED HAVE ALSO DROPPED BY SEVEN TO 18, MR WONG ADDED.
"OF GREATER IMPORTANCE, IN TERMS OF POTENTIAL REDUCTION IN THE USE OF FIREARMS, WAS THAT POLICE SEIZED 28 HANDGUNS INCLUDING 20 COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED FIREARMS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, HE SAID.
MR WONG NOTED THAT ANOTHER ISSUE WHICH HAD GENERATED A LOT OF PUBLIC INTEREST DURING THE SAME QUARTER WAS THE THEFT OF VEHICLES.
"IN RESPONSE TO THE PROBLEM, POLICE COMBINED PRO-ACTIVE AND RE- ACTIVE MEASURES AND SUCCEEDED IN REDUCING THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES BRING TAKEN.
"OUR INTELLIGENCE-BASED COUNTER OPERATIONS BROUGHT ABOUT THE NEUTRALISATION OF A NUMBER OF SYNDICATES AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO TAKE A MULTI-FACETED AGGRESSIVE STANCE ON THIS MATTER.
"THE FOURTH QUARTER SAW A 10 PER CENT REDUCTION IN NUMBER THE PREVIOUS QUARTER AND IN DECEMBER THERE WAS A 45 PER CENT COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER, HE SAID.
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COMMENTING ON TRIAD-RELATED CRIME, MR WONG SAID THAT THE 333 UNLAWFUL SOCIETY CASES RECORDED IN THE FOURTH QUARTER WAS UP ON THE THIRD QUARTER.
"THESE ARRESTS WERE OF A PREVENTIVE NATURE, BROUGHT ABOUT BY OUR HEIGHTENED RESPONSE TO THE PROBLEM,
PRINCIPALLY HE SAID.
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MR WONG ALSO REPORTED THAT OPERATION "LEVINGTON" WAS TO STRIKE AT TRIADS, GANG MEMBERS AND OTHER CRIMINALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY OPERATED.
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IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, DURING THE COURSE OF "LEVINGTON" 4,011 PREMISES WERE VISITED BY THE POLICE, AND NUMEROUS PEOPLE WERE CHECKED.
THIS RESULTED IN THE ARRESTS OF 47 WANTED PERSONS, AND 442 OTHERS WERE ARRESTED FOR A VARIETY OF CRIMES.
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FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN SPECIAL PUBLICITY DRIVE
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A SPECIAL PUBLICITY DRIVE FOR THE FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN WAS LAUNCHED TODAY (FRIDAY) TO ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ΤΟ TAKE PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST CRIME, TO REPORT CRIME TO THE POLICE AND TO COME FORWARD WITH INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE.
ANNOUNCING THE DETAILS IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE (FCC) PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE, THE CHIEF STAFF OFFICER OF THE POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS BRANCH, MR DENNIS COLLINS, SAID THAT THE SLOGAN FOR THE SPECIAL DRIVE WAS "JOIN FORCES AGAINST CRIME".
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