RECORD SEIZURE OF OPIUM.
£3000 WORTH SEIZED
(United Press Association—Copyright.) FREMANTLE, May 19;
A record seizure of opium was made by the Customs officers on board the steamer Ashburton, from London via the Cape., Five hundred pounds, valued at over £5000, were discovered among tho coal. The captain, officers, and crow, a number of whom are Chinese, deny any Knowledge of the drug.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20085, 20 May 1914, Page 5
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63RECORD SEIZURE OF OPIUM. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20085, 20 May 1914, Page 5
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