A " PLANT " OF OPIUM.
A SHOPKEEPER'S CONFESSION. •"• AGENT OP A BIG BiIUGGLINGCOMPANY'. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. ADELAIDE, 25th February, A man .iamed Ellison, a shopkeeper at Port Adelaide, h?3 been suspected lately of opium smuggling. The police bearched his shop and' private residence, fruitlessly, but when about to leave the residence they observed some disturbed earth in the garden. Investigation revealed a "plant" of . opium. Ellison has now confessed that he wag the Adelaide and Broken.' Hill agent of ai [ gigantic opium smuggling company, which had establishments at Port Darwin, Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne, and in other parts of Australia. j The opium unearthed came from Sydney.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 48, 26 February 1908, Page 7
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108A "PLANT" OF OPIUM. Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 48, 26 February 1908, Page 7
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