Search Almost Fruitless
(N.Z. F’ess Association)
NAPIER, September 19. A five-hour search for firearms on the freighter. Timbarra. at Napier today by police and Customs officers yielded one revolver. The raid began at 10.7 a.m and ended at 3 p.m. Rifles and revolvers, believed to have been purchased in the United States, were the object of the search. Yesterday a member of the crew discovered a revolver and gave it to the captain of the Timbarra. who handed it to a Customs officer.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29623, 20 September 1961, Page 14
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83Search Almost Fruitless Press, Volume C, Issue 29623, 20 September 1961, Page 14
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