TNAG-0505-FCO40-570-Review-of-narcotics-problem-in-Hong-Kong-1974 — Page 104

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TO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK TELNO 35 OF 26 JULY

RECEIVEL IN

REGISTRY No.52

29 JUL1974

NKK 19/2

FOR LAW.

SEIZED HALF TON OPIUM IN CAVE NEAR SHEK O ON 25 JULY BELONGING TO KONG SUM-CHUEN. NO ARREST. DETAINED LORRY IN CHAKWOLING AT 0445 ON 26 JULY ARRESTED THREE CHIU CHAU MALES AND SEIZED ONE

ALSO AND A QUARTER TONS OPIUM (32 SACKS) AND 60 LBS MORPHINE APPARENTLY BELONGING TO KONG. THE DRUGS SEIZURE ON 26 JULY HAD JUST COME ASKORE AND COMPRISED COMPLETE CONSIGNMENT. STILL NO INTELLIGENCE ABOUT DUMPED DRUGS BUT HAVE RECEIVED CONFIRMATION FROM RELIABLE SOURCE THAT MA SAP-YAT (7456/0577/0001) ALIAS MA YEE-CHO (7456/0059/0443) IS IMPORTING NUMBER 3 HEROIN FROM THAILAND BECAUSE OF PRESSURE IN HONG KONG AGAINST HEROIN FACTORIES. THIS WOULD TEND TO CONFIRM YOUR INTELLIGENCE ABOUT THERE BEING HEROIN IN THE CONSIGNMENT THAT WAS DUMPED OFF THE LIMAS. IN 1960 THERE WERE ONE OR TWO INSTANCES OF NUMBER 4 BEING IMPORTED INTO HONG KONG FROM THAILAND BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME EVER TO OUR KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS OF NUMBER 3 BEING BROUGHT

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