SMUGGLED OPIUM.
(Pee Pit ess Association.) AUCKLAND. April 30. Investigations by Customs officials show that opium is being smuggled into Auckland in fairly large bulk. Pn Friday’s mid in Ponsonby Rond (not Grey Street), over five pounds’ weight was discovered in n Hindu fruit shop. The legitimate retail price is 10s an ounce, but it is known that Asiatics here have offered as much as £ls an ounce.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17029, 1 May 1923, Page 9
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68SMUGGLED OPIUM. Star (Christchurch), Issue 17029, 1 May 1923, Page 9
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