There has been @ remarkable decrease of late in opium running cases in the local Courts, and the natural assumption is thet the Revenue men are meeting with success in the campaign begun a few months ago with the avowed object of breaking up a big opium conspiracy which extends from England to the Far East; or that the ators have become more elusive. The former assumption seems the more probable. It was only a few months ago that big opium hauls from steamers were an everyday occurence, but nothing on a big scale has been attempted since the campaign was announced.
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