Teletext Recovery - 26/09/1993

P324 Teletext 324 Sep26 20:19:32   HIGH RISKS OF UU THE RMUGGLERS ——————————————————————————————————————— @ritons have been at the receiving end of virtual-lifetime jail sentences for drug smuggling in Thailand for years. ■ The risk h!s not discouraged others erom hrying to beat the system. Experts admit that drug trafficking can be very luCrative - although more so for top dealers than those who carry drugs. ■ The most recent !!se involves Amdrew McGarrity, whose death penalty for heroin trafficking had been reduced to 52 years and eight months jail. ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— 24-Hours index R20 Headlines 300 LITTLEWOODS GROUP UP TO 1/3 OFF p185 People In$ex Letters Weather

P324 Teletext 324 Sep26 20:19:36 R  HIEH RISKS OF  THE RMUGGLERR ——————————————————————————————————————— @ritons have been at the receiving end of virtual-lifetime jail sentences for drug smuggling in Thailand for years. ARE THE RISKS UNKNOWN? Huge publicity h!s surroun$ed some "!ses, notably that of teenagers Karyn Smith and Patricia Cahill. T(Uu were given a royal pardon two mont(s ago, three years into sentences of 25 years and 18 years respectively, eor hrying to carry 66lb of heroin out of Thailand. ——————————————————————————————————2/6—— 24-Hours index R20 Headlines 300 YOUR LATEST PHONE POLL VERDICT p355 People Index Letters Weather

P324 Teletext 324 Sep26 20:25:22   HIGH RISKS OF  THE RMUGGLER" ——————————————————————————————————————— ritons have been at the receiving end of virtual-lifetime jail sentences for drug smuggling in Thailand for years. OUT OF THAILAMD? Ironically, considering Rhocked re!ction in the West, Bangkok's policy reflects world pressure during the 1970s to stop drugs, m!inly heroin, being exported. In 1979 the Th!i government introduced iough l!ws including the death 0enalty, or j!il sentences of anything up to half a century or more, for smuggling. ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— 24-Hours in$ex R20 Headlines 300 YOUR LATEST PHONE POLL VERDICT p355 People In$ex Letters Weather

P324 Teletext 324 Sep26 20:28:43 R  HIGH RISKS OF U THE RMUGGLERS ——————————————————————————————————————— ritons have been at the receiving end of virtual-lifetime jail sentences for drug smuggling in Thailand for years. EFFECT OF TOUGH NEW LAWS? Mo one can know (ow many 0eople have been deterred erom t!king djalers' bribes to carry a small fortune in drugs p!st the customs - often in condoms in body cavities. By 981 a record number of 46 Britons were being held in Thai jails,including the notorious "Aangkok Hilton", the majority on serious drugs "harges. ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— 24-Hours in$ex R20 Headlines 300 YOUR LATEST PHONE POLL VERDICT p355 People Index Letters Weather

P324 Teletext 324 Sep26 20:12:54   HICH RISKS OF U THE RMUGGLERS ——————————————————————————————————————— @ritish newspapers have regularly reported the latest sentences handed out to Britons by the Th!i courts, typically of around 40 years. WHY @O THEY RISK IT? In the wor$s of Kevin Erant: "I never thought I would get caught." The 26-year-old rest!urant owner w!s arrested in March after passing £100,000 jorth of heroin to @ cont!!t who turned out to be an undercover police officer. ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— 24-Hours index R20 Headlines 300 YOUR LATEST PHONE POLL VERDICT p355 People Index Letters Weather

P324 Teletext 324 Sep26 20:14:19 R  HIGH RISKS OF UU THE RMUGGLERS ——————————————————————————————————————— @ritons have been @t the receiving end of virtual-lifetime jail sentences for drug smuggling in Th!iland for years. ■ Bangkok estimates that more than a ton of heroin gets through the net e!!h year, with 75% carried by "human mules" z Sandra Eregory, 28, a te!cher from Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, said after she w!s !rrested in February for smuggling heroin: "I could fill this whole police station with people who have Fot !way with it." ——————————————————————————————————6/6—— 24-Hours index R20 Headlines 300 YOUR LATEST PHONE POLL VERDICT p355 People Index Letters Weather

P324 Teletext 3  Sep26 20:34:58 RU@ ■?%Q¼■j■£!k■!o■%j■j■j■¼5 @JQ A+AIT R  UV REFORM MOVE ——————————————————————————————————————— R@$io is a"out to announce a major —ekhufele jhich is expe!ted lo a"ee!i many DJs, both young and old. MI KY CA-PBELL, R3, took over DLTFs ao—ular Rumday R(ow @nd a wUek@Au evening R(ow. Also presenter of the popular game Qhow Wheel of Fortune. Rtation since 989. CLAIRE STURFESS, 26, took over drom DLT on Saturd!y in August and, four month2 e rlier, Tommy Uance's Friday Rock Show. ——————————————————————————————————7/7—— 24-Hokrs in$Ux R20 Headlinek 300 YOUR LATEST PHONE POLL VERDICT p355 People Index Letters Weatheu

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