Gun Policy News
Fishing Boats in Samoa to Be Searched for Drugs and Smuggled Guns
8 April 2009
Radio New Zealand International (Shortwave)
The police and customs canine unit in Samoa will now start carrying out searches on all boats before and after fishing out in the open sea.
The new measure is part of a policy to counter attempts to smuggle illegal drugs and firearms into the country.
The fishing boat owners and their crew have been advised of the daily searches.
The decision also follows a Television New Zealand report which revealed that several deported young Samoans from New Zealand and the US... (GunPolicy.org)