OPIUM DEN RAIDS.
A LARGE HAUL. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night, the police paid a surprise visit today to a Chinese laundry in Taranaki ••street, which has long been suspected of carrying on some business other than that ostensibly engaged in. When the ponce made a sudden entry into the premises, half-a-dozen Chinamen were sitting around the room. Five hours' diligent search in all the nooks and crannies of the ramshackle oil buildin" disc osed a large tin of pure onhiin, three small tins of opium, one large tin of opium "seconds," and a quantify of opium empties, as well as lamps and pipes, etc., used in smoking opium. Two of the Chinese were arrested on a charge of being in possession of opium in a form suitable for smoking. This is the largest haul secured .by the police in Wellington.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 212, 7 March 1914, Page 5
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142OPIUM DEN RAIDS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 212, 7 March 1914, Page 5
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