At the end of last month a Chinese policeman arrested a man in Rue Montauban while the latter was engaged in the transportation of 16 packets of opium valued at about $2,000. When taken to the police station the prisoner admitted that he made a living by traffic in the drug, and the opium in his possession was intended to be sent to Soochow. He appeared at the French Mixed Court on Monday end was fined $300 and the opium confiscated.
In a second case which came before the Court, it was stated that a search made at No. 11 Passage Disery on February 1 led to the discovery of cakes of opium in different stages of preparation, some of which were ready for smoking. A fine of $500 was imposed on the tenant, with confiscation of the opium.
In a third case the story was that a police raid had surprised 10 Chinese in a house at No. 29 Rue Chinchow smoking opium. Five pipes and other accessories were seized. The keeper of the opium den had been fined $20 last September for ® similar offence, and on this occasion he was fined $50, while the smoking apparatus was forfeited.
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