A LOT of hard work earned commendations for six police officers and an information officer yesterday while the Police Welfare Fund received a $50,000 boost.
The officers were cited for ''outstanding and professional performances'' while conducting their duties by the Commissioner of Police Mr Li Kwan-ha.
The $50,000 came from the Chow Tai Fook goldsmith's in appreciation of police help in handling a robbery attempt on its Prince Edward Road store on December 2 last year.
Among the special commendations handed out at police headquarters yesterday were for four officers of the Narcotics Bureau who helped break up an international drug syndicate.
The four officers, led by Senior Inspector Simon Patterson, were instrumental in working with authorities from the United States and Canada to smash the syndicate.
Agents from the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police were in daily contact with Inspector Patterson and his staff which included Sergeant Tsang Hin-wing and Constables Choi Kit-sang and Poon Yau-man.
The efforts began following a gangland-style slaying of a Hongkong man in New York in 1991. American police suspected the murder was related to drug money laundering and contacted police in the territory.