SMUGGLERS FRUSTRATED
SEIZURE OF|. OPIUM
NEARLY £3OOO WORTH CONFISCATED. United Press Association. Copyright (Received Jan. 27, 10.10 p.m.) . SYDNEY, Jan. 27. The Customs authorities seized over 800 tins of opium, valued at between £2500 and £3OOO. The steamer Empire left port this afternoon. A launch was seen manoeuvring in her vicinity southward from Sydney Heads. The launch entered the Heads to-night. She was shepherded by the Customs authorities, who boarded her u]> the harbor, seized the vessel, and arrested all on board.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2411, 28 January 1909, Page 5
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82SMUGGLERS FRUSTRATED Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2411, 28 January 1909, Page 5
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