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Port authorities criticised for carrying out too few checks

Britain's port authorities run far fewer checks on imported items than their European counterparts and systems for detecting smuggled drugs and counterfeit goods are riddled with innacuracies and inefficiency, an official report reveals today.

Britain's port authorities run far fewer checks on imported items than their European counterparts and systems for detecting smuggled drugs and counterfeit goods are riddled with innacuracies and inefficiency, an official report reveals today.