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Smuggling - Waterguard Seizures |
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Presented here in 'port' order, details and pictures of goods seized by Waterguard officers as 'liable to forfeiture to the crown' in the course of their duties . . . . |
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From time to time the IGW's Office advised Waterguard Superintendents of recent seizures made around the country. Some of those Information Circulars can be seen by selecting the 'button' on the right. |
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Cigarettes Found by Charlie Beckett's Station Rummage Crew |
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Spirits, Cigarettes and Tobacco Found by Charlie Beckett's Station Rummage Crew | |||||
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28lb of Cannabis Resin ex Pakistani MV Chenab - January 1970 Found behind Antwerp cargo, remaining on board, by John Goodman APO |
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Spirits ex Dutch MV Frigo - 1967 Found by Ray Gregory's Mobile Rummage Crew, suspended in two sacks hanging from beams in the after peak water tank. The vessel, from Spain, was berthed at Kent Wharf on the Erith Station. The two owners were prosecuted and received court fines of £50 each on 9 March 1967 |
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Cigarettes ex MV Gloucestershire - October 1966 An unowned seizure found by Geoff Allard's Station Rummage Crew in the cargo - mainly Ceylon tea and Burma teak logs - in No. 5 hold. The vessel was from Rangoon via Ceylon with an Indian Crew |
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Spirits ex a Nigerian National or Ghana Black Star vessel -1968 Found by Dennis Hillier's Dock Baggage & Station Rummage Crew concealed under a veritable mountain of cases of beer, the seizure consisted of ship's stores loaded in Germany, wrapped in brown paper and placed in a catering storeroom beer locker. The goods were seized from the Chief Steward as the Rummage Crew were unable to prove intent as he was not on ship when she arrived in Tilbury Dock. The vessel was outward bound to West Africa. |
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402 lbs of Cannabis Resin - 1970 Found by the Station Rummage Crew on a ship in port following a routine search. Being packed into the official car by Chris Webb APO. |
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