1.   Police have seized hundreds of pounds worth of drugs at the spot where an illegal rave party was due to have been held.

2.   But last week, Tupac Amaru guerrillas invaded the ambassadorial residence in Lima, seizing hundreds of hostages and demanding the release of their imprisoned comrades.

3.   Facilities in Canoga Park and at Santa Susana were raided by federal agents who seized hundreds of boxes of documents.

4.   In February this year police forces in London, Manchester and Birmingham raided Chinese pharmacies in Chinatowns, seizing hundreds of wildlife products.

5.   In June, officials from the Justice Department seized hundreds of doses of prescription drugs and vaccines that were made at the factory in Marietta.

6.   In Liberia, warring factions have seized hundreds of vehicles and millions of dollars worth of supplies from humanitarian agencies.

7.   In June, the authorities raided a computer-software distributor and four retail shops in Beijing and seized hundreds of computer discs bearing pirated software.

8.   Not even Tupac Amaru, the group of terrorists who seized hundreds of ambassadors and other hostages in Peru in December, dampened the search for yields.

9.   Security forces also seized hundreds of Mexicans in the years following that massacre.

10.   So far, detectives have seized hundreds of items, including a bone found in a crawl space and two envelopes with bone fragments.