DETECTIVES CHOP WAY INTO BUILDING

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 296, 10 September 1937, Page 13

DETECTIVES CHOP WAY INTO BUILDING

Opium Charges Follow

By Telegro'ju PrKx Association Auckland, September 9.

Chopping their way through a heavily barricaded window on the second story of a b'uilding in Grey’s Avenue on Wednesday night, detectives entered premises and seized a quantity of prepared opium, opium seconds and pipes. The detectives, who climbed a ladder placed on to the veranda in front of the building, had considerable difficulty in entering. The window was barred inside with inch planking, backed with three uprights and four cross pieces of three-inch by two-inch timber, reinforced with wire. A hole was cut and one detective went in and opened the door for the others. The doors were all reinforced on the inside. As a result of the raid six Chinese appeared in the Magistrate’s Court before Mr. Wyvern Wilson, S.M. Five of them, Gin On, laundryman; Wong Mow, aged 38; Ah Lee, gardener, aged 25; Ah Sai, gardener, aged 45; and Shim Lind, pleaded guilty to charges of being found on premises for the purpose of smoking opium. “The premises are well-known and have figured In court before,” said the magistrate. “The place was barricaded, and they knew the risk they were running.” Gin On and Wong Mow, who had been before the court previously, were each fined £2O and costs. Ah Lee. Ah Sai and Shim Lind were each fined £l3/10/- and costs. Stanley Chin Horne, laundryman, aged 47, was charged with permitting premises to be used for smoking opium and with being found in possession of prepared opium. He was remanded, bail being fixed at £lOO.