OPIUM SMUGGLERS.
A CANADIAN RING. (Recoiled 22. 8.35 a.m.) Vancouver, Jan. 22. Evidence at the Chinese Immigration enquiry discloses the existence of a smuggling ring among opium sellers. Many prominent subscribers to the Anti-opium League are involved. and huge profits were made. One party of Chinese learning another party was landing a big consignment of opium personated them, deceived the custodians, and captured the whole of the booty. Vancouver was used as a centre to supply the chief Canadian cities.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 34, 23 January 1911, Page 1
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