XN000022-1988-04-30 — Page 8

SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1988

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SUCCESS FOR POLICE DRUG FIGHTERS

THE POLICE NARCOTICS BUREAU WHICH HAS GAINED A WIDESPREAD REPUTATION FOR ITS INDEFATIGABLE WORK IN CLAMPING DOWN ON DRUG TRAFFICKING ACTIVITIES, CONTINUED ITS IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE TERRITORY'S ANTI-NARCOTICS EFFORTS IN MARCH WHEN A TOTAL OF 223.7 KG OF HEROIN, CANNABIS AND OPIUM WAS SEIZED IN 51 OPERATIONS.

THE LARGEST OPERATION WAS MOUNTED ON MARCH 13 WHEN SOME 200 KG OF NO. 3 HEROIN, WORTH ABOUT $10 MILLION, AND A QUANTITY OF DRUG MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT WERE FOUND IN A FLAT IN THE MID-LEVEL8. TWO MEN WERE ARRESTED IN THE OPERATION.

DURING THE MONTH, THE NB AND THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN CHINA AND THE U.9. HAD ALSO JOINED HANDS IN SMASHING AN INTERNATIONAL DRUG SYNDICATE, RESULTING IN THE ARREST OF 13 PEOPLE IN VARIOUS CITIES AND THE SEIZURE OF 3.3 KG OF HEROIN AT SHANGHAI AIRPORT.

MEANWHILE, OFFICERS FROM THE THREE LAND REGIONS ALSO SEIZED 12. 7 KG OF NO. 3 HEROIN AND THREE KG OF OPIUM AND ROUNDED UP 854 PEOPLE IN 1,299 ANTI-NARCOTICS OPERATIONS.

THERE WAS ALSO NO LET UP FOR THE POLICE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST VICE ACTIVITIES. THE LAW-ENFORCERS CONDUCTED 3,892 RAIDS AND ARRESTED 250 PEOPLE IN MARCH. A TOTAL OF 300 COPIES OF OBJECTIONABLE MAGAZINES AND 155 OBSCENE VIDEO TAPES WAS SEIZED..

ON THE ANTI-ILLEGAL GAMBLING FRONT, POLICE CARRIED OUT 202 RAIDS DURING THE PERIOD. A TOTAL OF 784 PEOPLE, SUSPECTED OF BREACHING THE GAMBLING ORDINANCE, WAS ARRESTED. TOTAL SEIZURE INCLUDING TABLE MONEY AND BETTING SLIPS AMOUNTED TO $1.7 MILLION.

ROUNDING UP THE FIGURES FOR MARCH, A TOTAL OF 5,444 RAIDS WERE CONDUCTED, WITH 1,917 PEOPLE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH ILLICIT DRUGS, VICE AND ILLEGAL GAMBLING. OUT OF THESE OPERATIONS, 626 WERE CONDUCTED ON HONG KONG ISLAND, WITH 419 ARRESTS; 4,459 WERE CONDUCTED IN KOWLOON, WITH 1,101 ARRESTS; AND 308 WERE CONDUCTED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, WITH 368 ARRESTS.

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