CAUGHT WITH OPIUM
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, This Day,
When the Wanganella anchored .in the stream this morning, a detective and Customs officers boarded her and arrested a passenger in his cabin. They found six tins of prepared opium in his hip pocket. Later the man, named Donald John Mac Donald, aged 53, a mechanic, pleaded guilty to a charge of illegally importing opium. On the application of- the Collector of Customs he was remanded in custody for further inquiries. The minimum penalty is £125, or a term of imprisonment
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1935, Page 10
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90CAUGHT WITH OPIUM Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1935, Page 10
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