OPIUM TRAFFIC
GANG CAPTURED BY POLICE IN NEW YORK. EIG CONSIGNMENT OF DRUG SEIZED. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. NEW YORK, January 7. Police and Federal authorities seized 100,000 dollars worth of opium after a gun battle and the capture of a gang of three alleged accomplices.
Two detectives posed as underworld characters for several months, gaining the confidence of the gang, even using a police launch to make opium deliveries. Several members of the crew of an Italian steamer are implicated.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 January 1939, Page 5
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81OPIUM TRAFFIC Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 January 1939, Page 5
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