AN OPIUM RAID
' CHINESE FINED £5O As an outcome of the Customs raid on the Dutch steamer Hermes, on Mon-, day night, a Chinese, Yong Ah Wong, appeared before Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, on a charge of importing into New Zealand opium in a form suitable for smoking. With the aid of an interpreter accused admitted that the opium belonged to him. Tic said that he kept it for the use of the sailors when they were ill. Mr. E. T. W. Maclaurin, Collector of Customs, who prosecuted, said that as soon as accused entered the country with the drug in his possession he was guilty of importing it. The quarters of accused, who was employed as boatswain on the vessel, were searched, and eighteen small tins of opium and a piece of opium, making about 41b. in all, were found. “These im- • portations are regarded as a very serious offence,” added Mr. Alaclaurin, “and these-Chinese crews bring it into the country in large quantities. That is the source of it.” His Worship: I’ll fine this man £5O, or three months.
Later in the morning the fine was paid.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 248, 23 July 1925, Page 9
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195AN OPIUM RAID Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 248, 23 July 1925, Page 9
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