A new drive has been launched in Doncaster to stamp out the litter caused by cigarette smokers.
Council officers have been posted in the town centre and at the railway station to hand out £75 fixed penalty notices to people caught discarding leftover cigarettes.
The direct action has been backed up with a poster campaign.
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Monday, August 24, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Half Million Ringgit Worth Of Liquor And Cigarettes Seized
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 (Bernama) -- Police confiscated 5,181 cartons of cigarettes and 527 cartons of liquor of various brands worth over RM500,000 in three separate raids in Ampang Jaya and Selayang, here, on Wednesday.Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department media relations officer ASP Abdul Malek Abdul Ghani said they arrested a local man and a Cambodian woman, aged between 20 and 40, in the first raid in Taman Dagang, Ampang Jaya."The first raid was carried out at 3pm based on a public tip-off regarding the distribution of pirated DVDs and VCDs at a house in Taman Dagang."However, no discs were found, instead the police discovered liquor and cigarettes believed to have been smuggled in from a neighbouring country and hidden in the house," he said when contacted Friday.Following the raid, the police conducted another raid on a shophouse in Taman Kosas, Ampang Jaya and in Selayang which also revealed several cartons of liquor and cigarettes.He added that the smuggled items were believed to be for sale in sundry shops in the Klang Valley area at a cheap price.However, the case has been handed over to the Royal Malaysian Customs for investigation and further action.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Police hunt cigarette thieves
Police are on the hunt for at least two men who stole a cabinet of cigarettes from a service station in Sanson, 24km northwest of Palmerston North, today.
At 4.30am, the men smashed through the front doors of the Caltex station in a stolen ute, Feilding police said.
They stole a large cigarette cabinet from the shop and loaded it on the back of the ute.
The ute, which was stolen from Foxton Beach overnight, and the empty cabinet were found in Foxton, 39km southwest of Palmerston North, later this morning.
Pretty much all the cigarettes were stolen from the cabinet, police spokeswoman Kim Perks said.
The store was doing a stock take to work out the value of the items stolen.
Nothing else was taken from the shop, she said.
Ms Perks said two men had their faces covered and were wearing hoodies, one a green and white check, and the other a black and grey check.
Trucks were believed to have driven past the service station while the crime was being committed.
A search warrant was executed in the Foxton area this afternoon and police were continuing investigations.
At 4.30am, the men smashed through the front doors of the Caltex station in a stolen ute, Feilding police said.
They stole a large cigarette cabinet from the shop and loaded it on the back of the ute.
The ute, which was stolen from Foxton Beach overnight, and the empty cabinet were found in Foxton, 39km southwest of Palmerston North, later this morning.
Pretty much all the cigarettes were stolen from the cabinet, police spokeswoman Kim Perks said.
The store was doing a stock take to work out the value of the items stolen.
Nothing else was taken from the shop, she said.
Ms Perks said two men had their faces covered and were wearing hoodies, one a green and white check, and the other a black and grey check.
Trucks were believed to have driven past the service station while the crime was being committed.
A search warrant was executed in the Foxton area this afternoon and police were continuing investigations.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Industry gimmick to entice youth to smoking
Questions have been raised whether the Tobacco industry has resorted to distributing free cigarettes in order to promote the habit of smoking among youth.
The Chairman of the National Authority on Tobacco & Alcohol (NATA) Prof. Carlo Fonseka in a letter to Daily News refers to an incident which took place in front of a restaurant in Colombo as an example, which was personally witnessed by NATA officials, and describes it as a fragrant violations of the NATA Act.
According to Prof. Fonseka around 8.00 pm on July 28, NATA officials after being alerted had visited and witnessed the free distribution of cigarettes by a group of about 10, including young women in front of a restaurant in Fife road, Colombo 5.
The activity had been carried out to the accompaniment of loud music calculated to draw maximum attention.
However, according to the Professor, two traffic Policemen after hearing the loud noise had visited the scene and had informed the concerned people that it was an offence to play loud music without informing the Police, at which point the group had stopped the activity and disbursed from the scene.
The NATA officials at the scene however had followed one vehicle and after reaching its final destination, had spoken to the three occupants politely, and had informed them that what they did was illegal.
Their reply had been that they were simply doing a job for which they were paid.
The officials then had lodged a formal complaint with the Narahenpita Police as the said restaurant was located in the aforesaid Police division.
Thus Prof. Fonseka points out that this incident was a clear violation of the Act No.27 of 2006 and that relevant officials should take prompt action to bring the violators to book and take steps to prevent a recurrence of such incidents in the future.
The Chairman of the National Authority on Tobacco & Alcohol (NATA) Prof. Carlo Fonseka in a letter to Daily News refers to an incident which took place in front of a restaurant in Colombo as an example, which was personally witnessed by NATA officials, and describes it as a fragrant violations of the NATA Act.
According to Prof. Fonseka around 8.00 pm on July 28, NATA officials after being alerted had visited and witnessed the free distribution of cigarettes by a group of about 10, including young women in front of a restaurant in Fife road, Colombo 5.
The activity had been carried out to the accompaniment of loud music calculated to draw maximum attention.
However, according to the Professor, two traffic Policemen after hearing the loud noise had visited the scene and had informed the concerned people that it was an offence to play loud music without informing the Police, at which point the group had stopped the activity and disbursed from the scene.
The NATA officials at the scene however had followed one vehicle and after reaching its final destination, had spoken to the three occupants politely, and had informed them that what they did was illegal.
Their reply had been that they were simply doing a job for which they were paid.
The officials then had lodged a formal complaint with the Narahenpita Police as the said restaurant was located in the aforesaid Police division.
Thus Prof. Fonseka points out that this incident was a clear violation of the Act No.27 of 2006 and that relevant officials should take prompt action to bring the violators to book and take steps to prevent a recurrence of such incidents in the future.
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