SMUGGLED IN SERVICE PLANE
(Rec. 1.30 p.m.) BRISBANE, This Day. Customs officers have seized 38 strings of artificial pearls, valued on the Australian black market at over £IOOO..
They were hiddenvon a service plane arriving from - New Zealand.
The pearls, which are of Japanese origin, would be retailed in Japan at 25/- a string, but, according to Customs officers, would have high and ready, sale here.
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Northern Advocate, 8 November 1946, Page 5
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