PORNOGRAPHIC magazines were among more than 1,000 pieces of prohibited articles seized by police from the High Island Vietnamese boat people detention centre yesterday.

During the 51/2-hour search by more than 100 Police Tactical Unit officers, 209 offensive weapons, 12 litres of home-made wine and a large quantity of fermenting rice were confiscated. However, no one was arrested.

The centre, managed by the Correctional Services Department, houses 6,997 Vietnamese detainees.