BIG OPIUM HAUL
FOUND IN REFRIGERATOR MEN ARRESTED ON SHIP HONG-KONG, Weduesday. Just before the departure for Sydney of the Australian Oriental Lina steamer Changte revenue officers boarded her to search for opium. They entered the refrigerator, in which they found two men and several boxes containing opium, worth £2,700. The men were arrested. The officials expressed astonishment that the men were able to withstand the intense cold of the refrigerator. The two men were brought before the court. One was sentenced to a year's imprisonment with hard labour, in addition to a fine of 80.000 dollars, in default a further year in gaol. The other defendant was mulcted in a similar tine, in default one year's imprisonment with hard labour.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 903, 21 February 1930, Page 11
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121BIG OPIUM HAUL Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 903, 21 February 1930, Page 11
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