SMUGGLED GOLD SEIZED AT RANGOON.
RANGOON; July I,.— Several in«iortant seizures' of British and American gold have, recently been niado here. The money 'was found secreted on ships and Included amounts of 42,0d0 paund>, .3000 pounds, and 37,001) pounds. v The business of smuggling has 'proved' enormously profitable for some lime, but v itJs r believed that the authorities have at last got tlie upper hand. In '■■..-this ~* late'.t seizure xne officials had to call' in divers before their search of a vessel could be completed. A big water tank was discovered on thr side of wh«ch was .a number of shelves with sixteen, bags of gold pn them. The bags were brought fo tlie surface and were found to contain 13,587 Queen Victoria sovereigns and , 002? American eagles, Had tjie .gold been smuggled through there would have been a profit of about 10,000 pounds. ■•'--,•""
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15303, 26 August 1920, Page 8
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145SMUGGLED GOLD SEIZED AT RANGOON. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15303, 26 August 1920, Page 8
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