XN000022-1989-07-30 — Page 7

SUNDAY, JULY 30, 1989

6

"THIS WILL ALLOW BANK STAFF MORE TIME TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE GROUNDS ON WHICH THEY MAY BELIEVE THAT A TRANSACTION IS SUSPICIOUS AND WHICH MIGHT INVOLVE DRUG TRAFFICKING MONEY," MR MCDOUALL SAID.

THE FIG WILL WORK ALONGSIDE FELLOW NARCOTICS BUREAU OFFICERS IN THEIR ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS.

"WHEN DRUG TRAFFICKING ARRESTS ARE MADE WE WILL BE READY TO BEGIN CONFISCATION PROCEEDINGS. THESE WILL BE CIVIL ACTIONS. WE WILL START OUR WORK WHEN THE CRIMINAL ACTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED CONVICTION HAS BEEN MADE.'

OFFICERS HAVE BEEN WASTING NO TIME IN GAINING EXPERTISE INTERNATIONAL CYCLE OF DRUGS AND MONEY.

AND A

ON THE

NARCOTICS BUREAU SENIOR STAFF OFFICER MR YIP KWOK-KEUNG RECENTLY ATTENDED THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMMERCIAL CRIME ORGAINSED AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BY THE BRITISH FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE.

EARLY NEXT YEAR SENIOR INSPECTOR ALEX LEUNG WILL ATTEND A TWO WEEK COURSE ON FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DETECTIVE TRAINING SCHOOL AT HENDON. NEAR LONDON. HE WILL ALSO BE DATTACHED TO THE SCOTLAND YARD DRUG SQUAD AND THE NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE UNIT.

MR MCDOUALL SAID: "THE NEW LEGISLATION WILL MAKE OUR WORK COMPLEX AMD TIME CONSUMING BUT IT'S GOING TO ENHANCE OUR FIGHTING CAPABILITY.

MORE

DRUG

"IT'S THE ULTIMATE WEAPON IN OUR ARSENAL AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING AND IT WILL STOP THE ETERNAL CYCLE OF MONEY AND DRUGS.

"WE ARE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT."

WORKS STARTED ON VEHICLE WEIGH STATION IN SHA TIN

CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN ON THE FIRST OF FOUR STRATEGICALLY SITED VEHICLE WEIGH STATIONS TO BE OPERATED BY THE TRAFFIC POLICE.

SITUATED OFF THE TOLO HIGHWAY AT SHA TIN. THE ELECTRONICALLY OPERATED WEIGH STATION WILL CHECK THE WEIGHTS OF ALL HEAVILY LOADED VEHICLES USING THE ROADS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

SITE CLEARANCE HAS BEGUN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE $2 MILLION WEIGH STATION ON A SITE ADJACENT TO THE SHA TIN INTERNATIONAL FERRY TERMINAL AND IT IS DUE TO BE IN USE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

/OVER LOADED