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Blacks targeted by Customs

01 September 1994

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Statistics released in September show that half of all passengers searched by UK Customs on arrival in Britain are black, despite the fact that white suspects are three times more likely to be carrying drugs. Of the 911 people found to be smuggling drugs in the year to April 1993, three-quarters were white. A spokesman said that black people were more likely to carry larger quantities but could produce no figures to support the claim.

Observer 11.9.94.

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