OPIUM SMUGGLING
CHINESE SAILOR- FINED. By Telegra&U—Ppcbb ADfocfa^ion. Auckland, July 2b. A. young Chinaman, named Ah Fook, who is a member ol' the crow of tho ship liupiecteia and hail been caught coining oil' tho ship on i'nday with a suspieioualooking vial concealed in his clothes, came beloru Jlr. Wilson, S.M., to-day on <i cttargo of having in his possession opium in a form suitable for smoking. "No smoke cigarettes, no smoke at nil," declared the celestial lad, who spoke English lairJy iluently. lie explained further that the stun' that was found oil him. was a mixture oi' treacle and augur, with a little opium in it which he had bought in Shanghai and used us a toothache cure, and it was no goad for opium smokiug. Tho Collector of Customs staged that in his opimoji. the stuff in tho little jar found ou Ah hook was pure opium, bsmg about two ounces. When the ship was searched after this youth had been 'caught with the opium thero were 150 small tubes' of opium, making about a pound altogether of tho drug, found in it. The Customs' watenman stated that tiie vial was found twisted up in Ah Fook's shirt. The youth had baen noticed to start down tue gangway ?rom the. ship sevci al times and to go back when lie 6aw Customs meu in uniform on the wharf. The witness "had served in the Navy on tho China station, , and had often sk'n these little jars of opium at (long Kong. This one was sealed down with the Government seal and had ,noc been opened till it was seized. Among the opmm-smoking paraphernalia found luter among the Chinese crew on the ship were two other such vials, both empty. Tile [)rico of the vial in China was about lis, wnilo iu Auckland. tho vendor could get up to £3 or even ,£lO for it from opium smokers. Ah I'ook still stuck to his toothache cure story, but was disbelieved, and was lined <£10 and 17s. 6d. costs.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 259, 29 July 1919, Page 4
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339OPIUM SMUGGLING Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 259, 29 July 1919, Page 4
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