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2,768 POLICE RAIDS IN APRIL * * * * *
SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1991
POLICE CARRIED OUT 2,768 RAIDS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY AND ARRESTED 1,464 PEOPLE IN AN ONGOING THREE-PRONGED ENFORCEMENT ACTION
AGAINST DRUGS, ILLEGAL GAMBLING AND VICE DENS LAST MONTH.
A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING, THE NARCOTICS BUREAU AS WELL AS REGIONAL AND DISTRICT OFFICERS CONDUCTED 758 RAIDS AND ARRESTED 557 PEOPLE.
THE DRUGS SEIZED INCLUDED THREE KILOGRAMS OF HEROIN, ONE KILOGRAM OF MORPHINE, 830 GRAMS OF CANNABIS RESIN, 310 GRAMS OF CANNABIS, 440 GRAMS OF OPIUM AND A QUANTITY OF PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES.
ON ILLEGAL GAMBLING, THE MONTH SAW POLICE CARRYING OUT 129 RAIDS, RESULTING IN THE ARREST OF 755 PEOPLE. SOME $300,000
IN TABLE MONEY AND BETTING SLIPS WORTH ABOUT $416,000 WERE SEIZED.
SIMULTANEOUSLY, POLICE CONDUCTED 1,881 RAIDS ON VICE DENS AND ARRESTED 152 PEOPLE. A TOTAL OF 675 PORNOGRAPHIC VIDEO TAPES WERE SEIZED.
DEADLINE FOR FLAG DAY APPLICATIONS
(SUNDAY)
REMINDED
A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY ORGANISATIONS WISHING TO HOLD FUND-RAISING FLAG DAYS IN 1992 ΤΟ SUBMIT APPLICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT ON OR BEFORE MAY 31.
"THE APPLICATION MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A COPY OF THE ORGANISATION'S LATEST ANNUAL REPORT AND STATEMENT OF AUDITED ACCOUNTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
T
APPLICANTS MUST BE BONA
FIDE NON-PROFIT-MAKING ORGANISATIONS
REGISTERED UNDER SECTION 88 OF THE INLAND REVENUE ORDINANCE.
ALL APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE SUBVENTIONS AND LOTTERIES FUND ADVISORY COMMITTER ON THE MERITS OF THE SERVICE OR SPECIAL PROJECTS FOR WHICH FUND-RAISING THROUGH A FLAG DAY WAS PROPOSED, AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT ORGANISATION'S FINANCIAL NEEDS AND ITS ABILITY TO EXECUTE SUCH FUND-RAISING ACTIVITIES.
"EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH A FLAG DAY SHOULD PER CENT OF THE GROSS RECEIPTS," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
NOT EXCEED 10
FOR
HE ADDED.
"SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS ALSO HAVE TO OBSERVE THE CONDITIONS HOLDING FLAG DAYS LAID DOWN BY THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE,'
ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON TEL. 576 5922.
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