CAUGHT WITH OPIUM
SEAMAN LEAVING STEAMER FINE OF £125 IMPOSED FORMER IMPORTATION ADMITTED [by telegraph—press association! WELLINGTON, Tuesday . A member of the crew of the Maunganui, which arrived from Sydney to-day, Thomas Daniel Median, was caught leaving the wharf with 10 41b. tins of opium valued approximately at £2OO. , Ho later appeared in the Police Coinon a charge of importing opiurm Meehan said he was acting as a runner and his share of the proceeds was £1 a tin if the consignment was landed. He said he had previously landed one lot of 10 tins. A fine of £125 was imposed, in default six months' imprisonment. He was allowed two weeks to pay the fine, conditional on entering into a bond of £l5O, with a surety of £l5O.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21245, 27 July 1932, Page 10
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