Drug smuggling cut
PA Wellington A sustained effort by the police has restricted the amount of heroin brought into New Zealand, according to the Minister of Police, Mr Couch. He told Parliament that in the first nine months of 1981, 771.33 grams of heroin had been seized on importation, but for the same period this year the amount totalled 169.27 grams. Drug dealers were also being deterred by long prison sentences which had been
imposed. Answering questions. Mr Couch said that Government cuts had not had any effect on drug enforcement. “It is too serious a matter... we have got our priorities right,” he said. He would not elaborate on the measures the police were taking to counter a reported increase in the amount of heroin heading for New Zealand because of a big crop in the “golden triangle” bounded by Burma, Laos, and Thailand ______
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