WOMEN SMUGGLERS
JEWELLERY AND SILKS
Women aro. thtr principal smuggling offenders, according to a Customs official, who discussed with a "Daily Mail" reporter the report of tho Commissioners of Customs and Excise. This report showed that during the year ended March 31 there wero 3177 persons convicted of smuggling, compared with 2803 in tho preceding year. "Women give tho authorities most trouble,M« said the official. "In spite of the warnings and heavy penalties imposed, they • continue to take a peculiar delight in trying to get silk and jewellery through. "Cameras and binoculars are two of the most popular articles smuggled by men, and, of course, tobacco and cigars." Dover is one of the places where smuggling is oh the increase. ' Fines of more, than £2000 have been imposed there this year. : Cameras, jewollory, fancy articles, and perfumery have figured., prominently in the cases.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 24, 29 January 1934, Page 13
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