BIG SEIZURE OF LOOT
( N.Z.P.A .
—Reuter*
Unrra Goods Srauggled Into Japan From China
Covvrioht)
Received Wednesday, Noon. MELBOURNE, April 6. British Commonwealth Occupation Forces .officials in Japan have seized £60,000 worth of goods believed to have been looted from Unrra stores in China and smuggled into Japan. The goods comprised Australian wool and fabrics worth £10,000 and American drugs, including streptomycin and pencillin, valued at £50,000. The officials seized the goods m raids on smuggling rings in the Fukuyama area and arrested six Chinese and three Japanese. In the past year officials have seized contraband valued ' at £500,000.
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 April 1949, Page 5
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