Opium Den Raided
KEEPER INCURS PENALTIES OP £6O. CUSTOMER ALSO PINED Per Prcs3 Association WELLINGTON, June 20. Joe Sing pleaded guilty to-day to permitting premises to be used for tho smoking of opium, wilfully obstructing the Senior-Sergeant in the execution of his duty, and being found unlawfully in possession of prepared opium. On the first charge he was fined £SO and on the second £lO. The third charge was withdrawn. Default was fixed at three months. Ah Luin was fined £ls, in default two months, for being found unlawfully on premises used for the purpose of smoking opium. A large quantity of prepared opium and paraphernalia was confiscated. The premises were raided on Friday. They were strongly barricaded, and had to be forced after the police had received no answer to their demand for admission.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7193, 27 June 1933, Page 7
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