THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1992
"NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE OFFERED, WHETHER IT BE A FEW THE PRICE CAN BE THE LOSS DOLLARS OR A FREE AIR TICKET, FREEDOM, OR EVEN YOUR LIFE, WHEN YOU ARE CAUGHT.
THOUSAND OF YOUR
IN
FOR TRAFFICKING OFFENCES "THE DEATH PENALTY 1S MANDATORY
YEARS ARE ALSO SOME COUNTRIES AND LONG PRISON SENTENCES OF UP TO 25 COMMON," MR WOODHOUSE SAID.
CONCERN OVER DRUG
CO-OPERATION, INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MEASURES AND
HE STRESSED THAT WITH INCREASING WORLDWIDE ABUSE AND TRAFFICKING AND BETTER COUNTRIES WERE TAKING MORE STRINGENT IMPOSING TOUGHER PENALTIES FOR DRUG OFFENCES.
RESIDENTS ARE A TOTAL OF 649 HONG KONG DETAINED IN MORE THAN 30 OVERSEAS COUNTRIES 1979 TO 1991.
OVER HALF OF THEM ARE IN FIVE JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS AND THE U.S.A.
HAVE KNOWN TO
BEEN FOR DRUG OFFENCES FROM
THAILAND,
FRANCE,
COUNTRIES
ARE AWAITING DRUG
OR EXECUTED, SOME HONG KONG CITIZENS HAVE BEEN EXECUTION, IN COUNTRIES WHERE THE DEATH PENALTY IS MANDATORY FOR TRAFFICKING.
MR WOODHOUSE SAID THE NUMBER COMPARED TO 37 IN 1990.
OF ARREST LAST YEAR
WAS 101,
**
"THIS IS THE HIGHEST IT HAS EVER BEEN, HE SAID.
THE COMMISSIONER OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ADVICE TO TRAVELLERS:
DON'T CARRY PACKAGES OR BAGGAGE FOR ANYONE, EVEN IN TRANSIT ARE ABSOLUTELY SURE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, UNLESS YOU THAT THEY CONTAIN NO ILLICIT DRUGS OR OTHER PROHIBITED ITEMS.
*
NEVER AGREE TO CHECK IN BAGGAGE ON CLAIMS TO HAVE EXCESS BAGGAGE.
OF BEHALF
SOMEONE
WHO
ALRIGHT, OR LEGAL DON'T BELIEVE PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT IT IS TO USE DOPE IN YOUR DESTINATION. ALL COUNTRIES PROHIBIT ILLICIT DRUG USE.
DON'T BELIEVE PEOPLE WHO TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE NOT THE THAT CUSTOMS GO FOR.
TYPE
A POSSIBLE DRUG REPORT TO THE POLICE OR TO THE CUSTOMS IF
WILL THE SYNDICATE
GET THE CARRYING DEAL IS PUT TO YOU. PROFIT; YOU WILL TAKE THE RISK.
MR
STRESSED:
ALSO WOODHOUSE
FOR "THE PENALTIES
DRUG
HONG IN
KONG ARE VERY TRAFFICKING OFFENCES
SEVERE: THE MAXIMUM ASSETS PENALTY IS LIFE IMPRISONMENT AND A FINE OF $5 MILLION, AND THE OF CONVICTED DRUG TRAFFICKERS CAN BE CONFISCATED.
THE POLICE
**
NARCOTICS BUREAU ON TEL. 545 6182
HE URGED THE PUBLIC TO CALL TEL. 527 1234 OR THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT ON IF THEY SUSPECT THAT ANY PERSON IS A DRUG TRAFFICKER OR PUSHER.
/MR WOODHOUSE