"FORTY ELEPHANTS”
LOXIKTN, August 25. t Scotland Yard is preparing an exfen- l sive campaign against the ‘Forty The- _ 1 phants,” a racecourse gang of Amazons, , whose speciality -now is “dope-peddling”, among the West End night haunts. i The drug traffic was checked when ( the underworld dens were tabled a year, ago, ami many of the "Elephant,’ (■ leaders were imprisoned. but the , smuggling of cocaine and other drugs;, was recently renewed. ! The “Elephants” have again organ-1 ised ttlie distribution of “snow” on a. large settle by using women’s eloak-j rooms in shady night icTulw. The gang possesses clever women, capable of the roles of secretaries, modistes and cham-| hermaids. who assist in arranging! burglaries, the passing of bogus cheques | and the promoting of bogus charity appeals.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17132, 7 September 1926, Page 5
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