SMUGGLERS FOILED
CRAFT CAPTURED. v OWNER’S 'SUICIDE. i (Received this day at 10:25 a.m.) ALEXANDRIA, Sept. 29. After a fierce fight, in which dynamite bombs werte used, coastguards near Buroflo .captured la- smugglers’ craft- containing hashish valued at £15,000. The consignee, Aboul Ela, a leading drug smuggler, learning of the lose, soaked his clothes in paraffin, ignited them, and was burned 'to death. [Hashish is a narcotic preparation made from hemp. It is used in the East for its intoxicating ■>. effect wl»eu chewed or smoked.]
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19320930.2.53
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 30 September 1932, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
85SMUGGLERS FOILED Hokitika Guardian, 30 September 1932, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in