CHINESE AND OPIUM.
LAUNDRYMAN FINED £25,
Auckland, February 10. A Chinese story that opium had come to a laudry in a parcel of washing in a fortuitous fashion w'as not believed by Mr. S’. K. Hunt, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court today. The tale was told when a Chinese, named Hum, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having opium in his possession. The prosecution was brought under the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1927. Detective Nalder said that he found four 41b. tins of opium under jthe counter in the laundry. Seamen brought the drug to the laundry and were then placed in touch ■with prospective purchasers. Hum said that the seamen who was fined last week had brought washing to the laundry, and the opium was found in the parcel. He told the police who had left the i parcel and rang the police when the seamen returned. The Magistrate: That story’s far too thin. I think the place was a depot for opium trading. Hum was fined £25, in default three months’ imprisonment.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3753, 11 February 1928, Page 3
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174CHINESE AND OPIUM. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3753, 11 February 1928, Page 3
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