TRADE IN OPIUM.
SMUGGLED INTO AUCKLAND. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. Investigations by Customs officials show that opium is' being smuggled into Auckland in fairly large bulk. In Friday’s raid in the Ponsonby Road over five pounds weight was discovered in a. Hindu fruit shop. The legitimate retail price is ten shillings an ounce, but it is known that Asiatics here have offered as much as £l5 an ounce.
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 May 1923, Page 5
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70TRADE IN OPIUM. Taranaki Daily News, 1 May 1923, Page 5
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