POLICE RAID
ON CHINESE HOUSES THIRTY ARRESTS EFFECTED A simultaneous raid was carried out by a party of police yesterday afternoon, on five houses in Taranaki Street, Wellington, where it was suspected that pakapoo was being played. The police made a clean sweep of every house, arresting in all thirty men, nine of then? Chinese and the remainder Europeans.. The men will appear in the Police Court this morning. The raid was remarkable for its well-organised swiftness. At 3 p.m, yesterday the 30 men in the houses had probably no thought of the impending interruption; not more than a few minutes later they were giving their names to the police. The raiding party was composed of Senior-Sergeant Scott, Sergeant Black, and nine constables making about two constables to each house. The houses that were entered are in a close group in Taranaki street, on the northern side of Vivian street, their numbers being 103. 120, 130, 134, and 136. The parties of police entered each house simultaneously. .There obviously been no warning to the occupants before the raid, and no trouble was experienced, the men giving themselves up without any attempt at opposition. In a short time a crowd of several hundreds, including a good proportion of Chinese, had gathered outside the houses, hut there was little excitement. The arrested men were taken to the Mount Cook police station, necessitating three separate trips by the police van. A large number of marked tick-
cts and other articles were also taken away. Five Chinese, one from each house, will be charged in the court this morning with using the premises as common gaming houses, and the other twentyfive, who comprise four Chinese and twenty-one Europeans, will be charged with being found on the premises without lawful excuse. The strenuous few hours that was had by the police concerned in the raid and its .ensuing formalities was ended by 9 o’clock last night, when the last of the arrested men was released on bail.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 199, 18 August 1933, Page 6
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