Opium to the value of $37,000 was smuggled into Shanghai at 5 a.m. on Wednesday, and—shortly afterwards seized by the - police.
It is thought that the drug, in seven portmanteaus, was landed at the Messageries Maritimes jetty, under the superintendence of foreigners, and. was then taken away by wheelbarrow coolies, with the foreigners, according to one report, following at some distance behind.
Apparently the coolies were removing "the contraband to the Shanghai* North Railway Station. They were arrested at Peking Road corner -when proceeding © down Kiangse Road. A Chinese: police officer, who was surprised to see luggage being transported at*such an unusual hour, on approaching the trunks, noticed a strong smell of opium. At the Central Station the coolies are reported to have given information about being employed by two foreigners. This was at 6 a.m. Forty minutes later a foreigner was apprehended at the Shanghai North Station. The man, however, was- released later in the day, but it is expected that as a
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