SMUGGLERS IN MOTOR-CAR.

Mataura Ensign, 1 November 1911, Page 4

SMUGGLERS IN MOTOR-CAR.

The Fn noli Excise officers made a smart capture the other evening on the French frontier of Belgium, where smuggling is c;irried on habitually with the greatest daring. Tho officer* h»d been for some time on tho lookotfc for a large motor-car, which ww known to make frequent trips across the frontier, carrying large amounts of contraband. About sewn o'clock in the evening tho contraband car dashed |W*t th» Custom House at Dronckaort at a r*l>id .speed. Rockets wore sent up to warn the neighboring Customs station*", and three barricades made with carts ami barrows, were hastily thrown tip. The car managed to get through two of the obstructions, but wan thrown against tho embankment of the road by the third. Of tho two occupants of the oar one escaped while the other was arrested. The car contained over B,ooolb weight of tobacco.