DANGEROUS DRUG TRAFFIC
Watch Kept ByCustoms
A vigilant watch was maintained by customs and police officers on avenues of illicit traffic in dangerous drugs during 1956. says the annual report of the Comptroller of Customs. Raids on and searching of overseas ships and opium dens, and the apprehension of smugglers resulted in the prosecution of 33 persons for offences under the Dangerous Drugs Act. Fines amounting to £ 1505 were imposed, and two persistent offenders were imprisoned. During the year, about 10J kilograms of prepared and raw opium were seized. -The largest quantity of opium seized, six and a half kilograms, was the result of a combined police and customs raid in May, 1956, on a freighter berthed at Ciielsea, Auckland. The opium was found hidden in the engine room. The greater part of the balance of the opium seized during the year was found by police and customs officers at Auckland in the possession of Chinese members of ships’ crews. In both cases the offenders were heavily fined. There is no evidence of illicit trafficking in dangerous drugs other than opium, says the report.
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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28371, 2 September 1957, Page 12
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