ACTION BY POLICE

Southland Times, Issue 22097, 18 August 1933, Page 7

ACTION BY POLICE

FIVE HOUSES RAIDED. A SIMULTANEOUS EFFORT. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, August 17. A simultaneous raid was carried out by a party of police this afternoon on five houses in Taranaki street- where it was suspected pakapoo was being played. The police made a clean sweep of every house, arresting in all 30 men, nine of them Chinese and the remainder Europeans. They will appear in the Police Court to-morrow morning. The raid was remarkable mainly for its well organized swiftness. The raiding party was composed of Senior-Ser-geant Scott, Sergeant Black and nine constables, making about two officers to each house. The houses entered are in a group in Taranaki street. The police entered the houses simultaneously. There obviously had been no warning to the occupants and no trouble was experienced, the men giving themselves up without an attempt at opposition. In a very short time a crowd of several hundred, with a good proportion of Chinese, had gathered outside the houses, but there was little excitement. The arrested men were taken to Mount Cook police station,, necessitating three separate trips by the police van. A large number of marked tickets and other exhibits were also taken away. Five Chinese, one from each house, will be charged in the court to-morrow morning with using their premises as common gaming houses and the other 25 who comprise four Chinese and 21 Europeans will be charged with being found on the premises without lawful excuse.