COCAINE
SEIZED BY CUSTOMS OFFICERS. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). ‘Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) DELHI, August 14. Cocaine weighing 250 ounces of a value of £15,000 sterling was discovered ingeniously concealed in a* consignent of porcelain tiles aboard the Japanese steamer ‘Seale Alarm” Customs officers also discovered a large quantity in tins of preserved fruit among the cargo of the same ship. It is believed the officers unearthed a conspiracy to distribute cocaine throughout British Malay, Burma and India. Three members of a Japanese firm have been arrested and are being sent to Japan for trial.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 August 1930, Page 6
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99COCAINE Hokitika Guardian, 15 August 1930, Page 6
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