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WELLINGTON POLICE RAID BARRICADED OPIUM DEN
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Wellington, Friday. Disturbing the serenity of Haining Street shortly before 11.30 last night, a large f orce of police f orced open the heavily barricaded doors, of two houses suspected of harbouring opium smokers. Nine occupants were arrested. The arrival of the police caused something of a panic, and in one house a Chinese was eventually f ound hiding among the rafters above the ceiling. The system of barricades was elaborate. Heavy steel mesh lined the inside of all doors and windows. This, with wooden and iron bars made the task of the police a difhcult oue. A steel -net at the top of a flight of stairs in oue house blocked access to the. upper storey, and the police employed a powerful timber. jack 'in effecting an entry.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 490, 25 March 1933, Page 5
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142STEEL NETS Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 490, 25 March 1933, Page 5
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