Smuggled Opium To N.Z.
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, This Day. A minimum line of £125 each was imposed by the magistrate (Mr Stout) on Thain Tjide and Tang Kan King, who pleaded guilty to importing prepared opium into New Zealand. Immediate payment was ordered or three months’ imprisonment. The Collector for Customs said that the men were detected at different times yesterday bringing opium ashore from an overseas ship of which they were members of the crew. One had 21b and the other lib. Fifteen members of the crew had been dealt with at Durban for the same offence.
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Northern Advocate, 15 December 1943, Page 5
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97Smuggled Opium To N.Z. Northern Advocate, 15 December 1943, Page 5
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