LIGHTNING POLICE RAID
THIEVING SCHEME EXPOSED MEN AND WOMEN ARRE9TED, By Telegraph.—Press Co f yTi g ht ' SYDNEY, March 13. The police claim to have exposed a , huge thieving scheme, which in the past eighteen months has resulted m thousands of pounds’ worth of goods, chiefly silks and clothing, disappearing from city and suburban railway stations. It is estimated that in the last FIX months the losses amounted to £IO.OOO. , . x . .. , After protracted investigations by the force, detectives conducted a lightning mid on severs! houses m the city and suburbs. F.ve women and three men were arrested, and hundreds of pounds’ worth of goods recovered. More arrests are pending.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12395, 15 March 1926, Page 6
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