DRUG SMUGGLERS LOSE
CARGO WORTH £15,000 SEIZED ON SHIP JAPANESE ARRESTED Reed. 9.30 a.m. DELHI, Thursday. Cocaine weighing 250 ounces and valued at £15,000, was discovered ingeniously concealed in a consignment of porcelain tiles aboard the Japanese steamer Seale Maru. Customs officers also discovered a large quantity in tins of preserved fruit among the cargo of the same ship, and it is believed the officers have unearthed a widespread conspiracy to distribute cocaine throughout British Malaya, Burma and India. Three members of a Japanese firm have been arrested and are being sent to Japan for trial.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1051, 15 August 1930, Page 9
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96DRUG SMUGGLERS LOSE Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1051, 15 August 1930, Page 9
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