TRAFFIC IN OPIUM.
USE OF FAST LAUNCHES.
SMUGGLING INTO AUSTRALIA-
Suspicions have beeu entertained for some time by the Australian customs that largfe quantities of opium are landed along the Queensland. coast, and even further south on the coast of New South Wales. Their suspicions have changed to certainty following recent happenings. •According to their discoveries they are satisfied that consignments of opium are being dropped at various points from vessels, and transported ashore by n daring gang ( of smugglers in a fleet of high-speed motor-launches. Tho opinion is expressed that until tho Commonwealth Government builds a fleet of speedy revenue cutters it will be impossible to suppress the traffic.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18895, 18 December 1924, Page 13
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