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OPIUM SEIZED.
CUSTOMS TAKE 800 TINS.
[PER PKESS ASSOCIATION.}
SYDNEY, January 27.
The Customs have seized 800 tins of opium, valued between £2500 and £3000.
At the time the steamer Empire left port this afternoon a launch w.as seen manoeuvring in her vicinity. The launch was to-night shepherded by Customs authorities, who boarded her up the 1 harbor, seized the vessel, and arrested all on board.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVI, Issue LVI, 28 January 1909, Page 5
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66OPIUM SEIZED. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVI, Issue LVI, 28 January 1909, Page 5
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