OPIUM IN THE COAL.
RECORD SEIZURE AT FREMANTLE.
(By Gable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) FREMANTLE, May 19.
The record seizure of opium made by tho Customs officials, took place on board tho 'steamer A.shburton, from London, via the Cape of Good Hope.
F:ve hundred, pounds of opium, valued at over £5000, was discovered amon£ tho coal.
Tho captain, officer.*, and crew, a number of whom are Chinese, deny any knowledge of the existence of the drug on board.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14972, 20 May 1914, Page 9
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75OPIUM IN THE COAL. Press, Volume L, Issue 14972, 20 May 1914, Page 9
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