COCAINE SMUGGLERS.
ARRESTS IN GERMANY. *. CONDON. Dec. 8. The Berlin police are engaged in unravelling the ramifications of a system of smuggling j drugs abroad; especially cocaine, says the Daily News. ~^Vy The smuggling has been carried on for several years. Casks and cans' containing vegetables, - fruits and fish were r used to smuggle cocaine, which was ; concealed in false bottoms. '■' ■ ": •*■>•'■ ■■■•■'. ""';^.;.\. : . Captains and crews of coastal 'steamer* and owners, of private yachts participated in the plot as well as prominent business men at Hamburg, where there have been over 70 arrests. - ; '" •'; ■'•....;.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18586, 19 December 1923, Page 11
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