SMUGGLERS AT WORK.

Western Star, 8 December 1933, Page 2

SMUGGLERS AT WORK.

USE OF ISLB OF WIGHT TOBACCO, SILK, AND LACE. The Isle of Wight has once again become Britain's chief inlet for contraband goods. Not for over a century has this island 6een so much smuggling. . Tobacco, brandy, silk, and kice of considerable value are being smuggled. Powerful motor-launches are used to bring the goods from the; Continent. They are unloaded on the island and transported to the mainland in. small quantities in other boats.

Once on the mainland a large car or lorry collects the goods and takes them to London, where they are hidden in some garage. A highly organised gang , controls the whole business. / A correspondent of the 'Sunday Express' says:—"l have watched the 1933 smugglers at work, A longshoreman told me where the 'gentlemen* might be expected. He accompanied me. We drove to a most desolate spot. A place of cliffs, thickets, rocky coves—entirely desolate. Th*. time was about midnight. We took a dinghy, rowed out to one of the coves, hid the boat, and concealed ourselves in the undergrowth. "We waited for two hours, pot daring even to smoke. Then, out to sea I heard the chugging of powerful engines. Through glasses I could see u large cabin launch, nosing into shore. She carried no lights. "The launch came right in. The mist almost hid . her. The engines stopped. Two or three splashes broke the silence. A blue flare shone for a second. The engines started. The boat put out to sea. Then, soundlessly, two men appeared on the shote. ** They waded into the water, carried out several small cases, and took them into the woods. After three journeys they disappeared. We waited some time and left."

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