§ Mr. LYLEasked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the seriousness of the recent case of cocaine smuggling from Hamburg, any additional precautions 867W against such smuggling are being taken; whether there are adequate women searchers; and whether, since women are largely engaged in this traffic, the rewards for detection can be very largely increased?
§ Sir J. BAIRDAs regards the steps taken to prevent the smuggling of cocaine and other dangerous drugs, I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given by the Home Secretary to the hon. Member for North Battersea (Mr. R. Norris) on the 27th March. In the case of women suspected of smuggling, the search is conducted by competent women searchers, of whom there is an adequate supply and who receive a fee for each case. Rewards are paid for detections made, and there appears no reason for increasing such rewards on account of the sex of the offender.