PARIS CLEAN-UP
police wage war on dope GANGS RAID NIGHT HAUNTS PAJUR, 2:J April. I- "7i T 7;>;.e. RiVfe.* <■■ i'oh •:', J - .'■•-; .. •■' Napoleonic i ■•' !Vil\, i • v. ■<■ tiie . ity. ti. ; only ol its d i»«* traffickers, but i t all its undesirables. The present trial of a big dope gang. including 18 doctors, marks the conclusion of a drive in which more than 200.C00 peison; were questioned and 11.000 proi ceded against in the Courts. Thirty night haunts, well known '" tourists', have been dosed, and scott's ol establishments where visitors are regaled with spectacles r.'l iiiiililv and abandon liave been raided. Thousands •-f guides and maiiufaciurCIS and vendors ol indecein postcards nave been rounded up. and shady hotels are subjected to visit* at all hour.-i ol the night from peine flying -.quads. It is considered that the dope trial now proceeding ecus! miles the nut-i decisive blow at European drug dealing. and will practically stop the smuggling of heroin and other dings io London' and Rerlin and other European centres, where the dealer? are known to be making fortunes.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 10 April 1928, Page 9
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178PARIS CLEAN-UP Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 10 April 1928, Page 9
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