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新西兰英语 285 The drug P

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　　A customs officer found the drug P (methamphetamine) in a tourist’s luggage last week at Auckland airport. Other members of the tour party were searched and a total of 8kg of P was found. Seven tourists were arrested and are now in prison, waiting for a trial. They are all men, in their mid-20s, from Taiwan.
The drug P sells on the street for between $700 and $1,200 a gram so this was worth at least $6m. Sometimes drugs are found by dogs but this time, a customs officer checked a small plastic bag during a search of luggage.
The drug P is a big problem in New Zealand. However, the number of drug users1 is dropping as police and customs are working hard to stop supplies. Last year, two men from China who smuggled2 P into New Zealand, were sentenced to 16 years in prison.
Questions to think about
It costs around $20,000 a year to keep one person in prison. Do we want to pay to keep 7 people from another country in prison for 16 years? What would happen to them if we sent them back to their country?


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  • The new software will prove a boon to Internet users. 这种新软件将会对互联网用户大有益处。
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  • The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。 来自互联网

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