SEIGER OF OPIUM.
(BT TELEQKAriI—PttESd ASSOCIATION.).. . Nelson, January 13. Jor. some.time the' local'Customs'officials and police have- suspected opium-smoking by 1 - ■r Chinese at-Stoke. . Last, night the premises Vfof Ngan Leo; • a market "gardener,lwere raided, • » n d a Chinaman'named Ah Sing was arrested jn a 'charge of having in' his possession • jpium in- a form suitable for smoking.- A small'quantity of the'drug was seized, with = - jmoking apparatus. About eleven Chinamen 1 were found in the building, which reeked of the fumes of the opium. All Sing was found lying across a bedwith a pipe in- his hand, and a small quantity of- opium on.him.. Informations have been laid against .the other Chinamen, found on the promises, ,-r.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 405, 14 January 1909, Page 6
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116SEIGER OF OPIUM. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 405, 14 January 1909, Page 6
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