SMUGGLER FINED £2O; DEALT IN OPIUM.
Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, June 24. “This man is evidently dealing in opium and supplying it to the Chinese,” said the Collector of Customs in prosecuting Edward Freeman, a sailor on the Marama. who was found to be in possession of two tins of the narcotip, when detectives raided a Chinese shop in Willis Street. The defence raised was that an altercation occurred on board between some Chinese, and one of them asked Freeman to take the parcel to the shop. When he got there he handed the parcel to the same Chinaman. Detectives came in then and the Chinaman thrust the parcel back on accused. The Collector of Customs said that the retail value of the opium was be* tween £2O and £25 a tin. Tlie Magistrate, Mr Page, said that even if he accepted the evidence of Freeman as substantially correct it indicated that he was a party to smuggling. He imposed a fine of £2O.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17881, 24 June 1926, Page 9
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164SMUGGLER FINED £20; DEALT IN OPIUM. Star (Christchurch), Issue 17881, 24 June 1926, Page 9
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