POUCH RAID
IN haining street
STEEL MESH DEFENCE
(Per Press Association — (Jopyri{jht ../
WELLINGTON, March 24
Disturbing the .serenity of 'Haining ■Street shortly befor e 11.30 last night, a large, force of police forc;ed open the heavily barricaded doors 'of two houses, suspected of harbouring opit'm emokeiV. Nine occupants were irres ted. The 1 arrival of the police oaused something of a panio ) and in one house, a Chinese was eventually hound hrd.ing among the rafters of a ceiling.
The system of the barricade was elaborate. A heavy steel mesh lined the insides of aJ; th € doors and windows. These, w ith wooden and iron bars, made tli,' , task of the police difficult. A k stcf I net at the top of a ilight of ptail's, in on t . house, blocked access to the r. pper storey. The- police employed a p owerful timber jack in effecting an ei itry.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 March 1933, Page 5
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149POUCH RAID Hokitika Guardian, 24 March 1933, Page 5
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