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the upgrading of the rank of the officer commanding the Bureau to Senior Superintendent and the provision of additional posts including a Senior Executive Officer.

136. During the year a total of 20,113 narcotic offences were recorded and 14,655 persons prosecuted. Details of these are given at Appendices 15 to 16.

137. Seizures by the Police and Preventive Service have increased substantially during the year:

Raw opium Prepared opium

Morphine

Heroin

Barbitone

Heroin pills and pill mixture ..

1,472.251 Kilos (748.123)

61.385 Kilos (44.751) 91.994 Kilos (157.060)

109.750 Kilos ( 83.370) 279.356 Kilos (90.037) 8.873 Kilos ( 22.632)

(The figures in brackets are the amounts seized during the previous year).

138. The Drug Disposal Unit destroyed 13,788 items compared with 9,687 last year. 1,829 lbs. of raw opium 121 lbs. of morphine and 187 lbs. of morphine hydrochloride (heroin) were passed to the Government Pharmacist.

COMMERCIAL CRIME OFFICE

139. A Superintendent of Police is in charge of this increasingly important branch of the C.I.D. which deals with the investigation of commercial frauds and kindred offences, usually requiring protracted research and inquiry. The following comparative table shows the number of cases dealt with by this branch during the previous 3 years:

Merchandise Marks Offences

Frauds

252

1961-62 1962-63

1963-64

21

20

19

+

37

37

82

Forgeries

19

+

..

27

164

Bankruptcy and Companies Offences Complaints from overseas against local

firms

1

6

20

21

+

57

89

Unsatisfactory trade transactions

158

199

33

Cases referred to other Departments

58

43

Miscellaneous offences and inquiries

167

513

763

482

902

1,170

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