NEW SMUGGLING ERA

Evening Star, Issue 19197, 13 March 1926, Page 3

NEW SMUGGLING ERA

BAND AT ANTWERP. LONDON',. February 21. The rum-runners who have made Antwerp their headquarters include a party of English and other adventurers. They acted as agents for English firms, but did not prosper, even though they despatched many shipments of bottled sea water with the merest flavoring of whisk v. Many regular ships carry from "thirty to" forty cases of liquor, which are bought hy the crows and landed in America. The adventurers are now giving the attention to diamond smuggling. They refuse to practise cocaine smuggling, as it is criminal, whereas diamond smuggling and bootlogging are regarded as sportsmanlike. LIQUOR TO MEXICO. OTTAWA, February 27. A public inquiry into the administration of the Canadian Customs Department disclosed the export of large quantities of liquor to Mexico from Ford, Ontario, opposite Detroit, for a period exceeding a year. A considerable portion was shipped to an agent at Montreal, 600 miles distant, then to Ford. Although Ford is only a few miles from the liquor’s •source (Walkerville Distillery), the Customs taxed it at L.IUL) a car. The agent admitted that he often mixed this alcohol with imported Scotch whisky, and shipped the liquor as hay.