With the assistance of the Municipal Police, the River Police have been able. to make important arrests in connexion with the piracy which took place on the river on Frday. As will be remembered, we reported that a cargo boat was on that day sent over to Messrs. Butterfield Swire's Pootung Wharf to transport 36 cases of Venetian piece goods, valued at £4,000, to a godown on fe Soochow Creek a short distance above the Garden Bridge. Nothing more was seen of the goods after they had been loaded, and the next thing was. that the empty lighter was found on the mud near Markham Road Bridge, the police later ascertaining that the cargo been landed on the Chapei side early on Saturday morning. entire crew of the lighter had disappeared, As the result of police investigations Det-Sub.-Inspector Yorke on Wednesday afternoon went over to, Chapei and, with the assistance of the local police, arrested a watchman named Koo Ziang-tsoong, who was afterwards taken to Central Police Station and charged with being concerned with others not in custody in stealing 36 cases of piece goods, valued at $28,000, the property of Messrs. William (Meyerink & Ao., A second arrest was made yesterday morning, a shroff named Hoo. Eu-zien being taken into custody on a similar charge.
The two accused appeared before the Mixed Court on Thursday, when Deputy Superintendent Woodfield, of the River Police, informed the court that the missing goods were traced to a wood contractor's yard in Chapei, where the first accused was employed as a watchman. The witness appli-/ ed for a warrant for the arrest\ of the contractor, and also an order directing that the property, now held by ife Chapei. authori-., ties, be returned to its owners.
Both applications were granted, and the Court further ordered that the accused be handed over.
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