DRUG IN A BOOK.
TRANSMISSION BY POST. CENTRE PAGES REMOVED. [By Telegraph.—Press Association] DANNEVIKKE, March 25. A novel method of conveying opium Hi rough the Post Office was disclose;! in the prosecution of Shu Harry Kwong, a'Ohincsc chef at a local hotel, who was charged with being in possession of opium.
Transinissio.il tli rough the post was effected by the use of a novel entitled "Alias the Saint," from which pages in the centre had been removed to provide a receptacle for the package
containing the opium.' The drug was allegedly sent from Wellington. Defendant was fined £25.
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Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20271, 25 March 1938, Page 3
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