The crew of the Messageries Maritimes str, Angers detained the egal police for three hours on board the steamer, when the latter. tempted to arrest two members of the crew for having unlawful poss-ossian of arms and ammunition. 'Phe police and revenue officers boarded the steamer as she arrived from Europe and discovered arms and ammunition on board. 'They were about, to leave the steamer with the illicit goods and prisser Dut the crew despite the captain' orders hoisted up the gangway and prevented the police from leaving. The French Gonsud was sent for, and the misunderstanding was cleared. The crew had similar trouble in Shanghai and the matter was taken up by the French authorities according to extraterritorial rights enjoyed by French subjects in China. The crew thought they could exercise the same privileges in Mongkong and therefore refused to allow the Hongkong police to ai rest their colleagues. The two prisoners were taken to the Kow-Joon Magistracy and were each fined $200 for the smuggling of arms.
The revenue officers also dil covered 8,000 ounces of hero concealed in seven large luggage cases in the baggage room of the yme vessel. The value of the drug is roughly estimated at $500,000. A Japanese passenger who boarded the vessel at Marseilles was arrested in connexion with the, seizure.
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