Seizing of drugs
. The Customs Department seized about 2/31b of illicit drugs at Lyttelton and at Christchurch airport last year. The drugs were found in 18 separate inspections, of which 15 were made on ships at Lyttelton.
The amount obtained was only a small fraction of what Customs inspectors seized during the prevous year. The discovery of more than 101 b of opium in raids on a ship at Lyttelton and the later discovery of a 50gm parcel in another person’s possession were the only detections in 1969.
The collector of Customs in Christchurch (Mr F. O. Spackman) said yesterday that inspectors maintained a strict vigilance at Lyttelton and at the airport for drugs. Most of the ships calling at Lyttelton had already been inspected in Auckland and Wellington and the amounts found at Lyttelton were very small.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19710610.2.125
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32629, 10 June 1971, Page 12
Word Count
138Seizing of drugs Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32629, 10 June 1971, Page 12
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in