TRAFFIC IN COCAINE.
SMUGGLED FROM GERMANY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received June 25, 5.5 p.m. 1 * London, June 24. David Davis, who was charged with smuggling cocaine into England, has Mfr been sentenced to four months* impris- " onment with fines amounting to His defence was that he was travelling in Germany for the benefit of his health and met men who suggested he could cover his expenses of the journey by smuggling ninety-three bottles of cocaine. He foolishly agreed, but stated he ’was not a member of a gang regularly trading in cocaJne.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Davis was a passenger from Hamburg and was charged at Grimsby with smuggling 100 bottles of cocaine concealed in the false bottom of a trunk.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 June 1922, Page 4
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119TRAFFIC IN COCAINE. Taranaki Daily News, 26 June 1922, Page 4
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