DRUG SMUGGLING
BIG ORGANISATION UNEARTHED. PETTICOATS WITH POCKETS. (Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.) BERLIN, October 6. (Received Oct. 6, at 11 p.m.) Gorman and British police, co-operating in various countries have unearthed an international drug-smuggling organisation. An elegantly-dressed Russian woman from Marseilles was in the habit of meeting a Russian from Hongkong. Both were searched, and a largo amount of luggage revealed much heroin. The man wore petticoats, each with 22 pockets for packets. A search' of tho flats of the woman’s acquaintances revealed a key for a strong box of the Berlin Bank, in which was discovered a correspondence code for communicating with each other. A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20222, 7 October 1927, Page 9
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