ILLICT DRUG TRAFFIC.
GANG CAUGHT IN TURKEY. MANY PROMINENT PERSONS IMPLICATED. TRESS ASSOCIATION—EI ELBCTHIC TELEGRAPH— COPTRIGHT.) (Received April 11, 10.23 p.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, April 11. What is claimed to be the biggest police coup in dealing with the illicit drug traffic has been achieved through the skill of a Turkish detective who posed as a rich American tourist, living at the best hotel and spending £3OO a month. Among those arrested are leading business men, hotel proprietors, agents for a British firm, a Greek actress, and 80 of the gang's underlings. Four secret heroin factories were discovered, capable of supplying a ton a month. The drug has been exported by sea, air, and land.
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20829, 12 April 1933, Page 11
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