SMUGGLING RING.
BIG PROFITS IN OPIUM. HOW THE BOOTY WAS CAPTURED. . 8y Telegraph-Press Associataon-Copyriglit. Ottawa, January 22. Evidence in the Chinese immigration inquiry at Vancouver disclosed tho existence of a smuggling ring of opium-sellers, in which many prominent subscribers to the Anti-Opium League were involved. Huge profits were made. One party of Chinese, learning that another party was landing a big consignment of opium, personated detectives and captured all tho booty. Vancouver was used as a centro to supply tho chief Canadian cities.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1033, 24 January 1911, Page 5
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83SMUGGLING RING. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1033, 24 January 1911, Page 5
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