“STORY TOO THIN”
—t CHINESE AND OPIUM Dominion Special Service. Auckland, February 10. A Chinese story that opium had come to a laundry in a parcel of washing in a fortuitous fashion was not believed bv Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court to-day. The tale was told when a Chinese named Hum pleaded not guiltv to a charge of having opium ill his possession. The prosecution was brought under the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1927? Detective Nalder said that he found four 41b. tins of opium under the counter in tlie laundry. Seamen brought the drug to the laundry and were then placed in touch with prospective purchasers. Hum said that the seaman who was fined last week had brought washing to the laundrv, and the opium was found in the parcel. He told the police who had left the parcel and rang the police when the seaman returned. The Magistrate : That story’s far too thin. I think the place was a depot for opium trading. Hum was fined £25, in default three months’ imprisonment.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 114, 11 February 1928, Page 8
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177“STORY TOO THIN” Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 114, 11 February 1928, Page 8
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