OPIUM SEIZED
; OVER £2OOO HAUL IN SYDNEY.' ii ■! ' | SYDNEY, January 2. S i Customs officers to-day took possession of 369 tins of opium, valued at more than £2OOO, found on the steamer Tanda, which had arrived from Japan and China.
When the Tanda arrived in Brisbane last Tuesday a camphor-wood chest was discovered among the luggage of Chinese passengers. Several other chests were claimed by owners, but no one claimed the camphor-wood chest. Customs officers sealed the chest and notified officers of the department in Sydney.
As soon at the Tanda berthed to-day the hoarding officers, under the direction of the boarding inspector, Mr R. W. Wilson, broke the seals and opened the chest. Inside were two suitcases and a sugarbag, all crammed with tins of opium. The tins were in two sizes—--249 weighing two ounces and 120 weighing eight ounces. The opium will he destroyed. - • ,
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 January 1936, Page 6
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