OPIUM DEN RAIDED.
CHINESE RESIST THE POLICE.
Per Press Association.
/ PALMERSTON N., July 26.
A Chinese den was raided for opium by the police here last night. Trouble was experienced in (effecting < entrance to the room in which,. the smoking was supposed to be taking place, as several of the Chinese resisted the police. with pieces of .wood,; After a struggle two were arrested, and. a number of. pipes and other appurtenances seized. A small box containing opium was also found on one of those arrested. A number of others escaped through the windows while entrance was being effected. The two arrested were charged at the Court tins morning, and have been remanded till Monday next.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13484, 26 July 1907, Page 5
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116OPIUM DEN RAIDED. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13484, 26 July 1907, Page 5
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