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16 results found for '"Customs and Excise"' in Keywords.
Anthony Steen on a free port for Britain (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative MP, Anthony Steen discusses the benefits of a free port in Great Britain, with reference to taxation benefits, lack of bureaucracy, employment opportunities and businesses avoiding Customs and...
Easter work-to-rule in Customs & Excise dispute (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Union representative Judy McKnight on the planned work-to-rule by Customs and Excise officers which will cause chaos at airports and docks over the Easter weekend unless the Government puts in an increased...
David Mellor on heroin (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Home Office minister David Mellor on a new Government campaign to target drug abuse, particularly heroin. The interviewer is Richard Dallyn.
Margaret Thatcher on drug smuggling (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Interview
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher talks to the press about a drive to tackle drug smuggling, following a day of investigating the crime. Detective Chief Superintendent Roy Penrose comments. Female reporter...
Condom arrest at Heathrow (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a women (not identified) who was arrested by Heathrow Airport customs officers who discovered condoms in her luggage. The woman, a 30-year-old solicitor from north London, is now claiming...
Radio Caroline raided by Dutch officials (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Ronan Carroll reports on a raid on Britain’s oldest pop pirate radio station, Radio Caroline. The station has been forced off air after Dutch officials boarded their vessel, The Ross Revenge, in the North...
Massive cannabis haul in Channel (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with customs officer John Chapman, following the seizure of fifteen tons of cannabis, worth £37million, in the English Channel, Britain’s largest ever haul of the drug. The Honduran-registered...
Iraqi supergun seizure (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with UK Customs Chief Investigations Officer Douglas Tweddle about the seizure in Middlesbrough of a weapon destined for Iraq although an arms embargo remains in place. The gun was confirmed as...
Commons debates Iraqi supergun seizure (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on the House of Commons debate over the UK customs seizure at Middlesbrough of steel tubes that were to form part of a giant gun destined for Iraq contrary to the current arms export embargo to the...
Douglas Tweddle on drug smuggling in Britain (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Customs chief investigation officer Douglas Tweddle discusses the detection of 250 million pounds’ worth of hard drugs in 1990. Tweddle also talks about the reduction in the amount of cannabis being...