CITY RAID.
POLICE SEIZE LIQUOR. BOARDJXtJHOUSi: SEARCHED. Several constables anil two sergeants, under the direction of Senior Sergeant 11. J. Joyce, carried out a raid on a ltoardinghousc. in Federal Street on Saturday night and executed a ooarali warrant under the Licensing Act. A quantity of liquor was seized and removed to police headquarters in a truck..
The raid was carried out without incident at about 10.30 p.m. Fifteen persons, including several women, were found on the premises. Their names and addresses were noted by the poliee. and it is anticipated that in the near future the proprietor will be charged, on stirc.mons, with selling liquor without a license, and the others with being found on the premises.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 172, 22 July 1940, Page 9
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118CITY RAID. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 172, 22 July 1940, Page 9
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