Smuggling

Too Much

The P-NG Customs, in Sep tember, tightened restrictions on Port Moresby wharf to try and combat smuggling there.

The Chief Collector of Customs, Mr. T. Grahamslaw, said it was Known that quantities of watches, cameras and binoculars were being smuggled into Port Moresby from ships that arrived from Far Eastern ports.

Conditions on the wharf had made it too easy for people to smuggle goods from ships into their cars and drive off the wharf without any search being made.

Now, vehicles need a special pass to go on to the wharf while overseas ships are in port.