At the Japanese Court on Tuesday, M. Murakami an unemployed Japanese steward, residing Wuchang Road, and_T. Kosaka, provision dealer, of Woosung Road, were charged with being in pos. session of a quantity of smuggled morphia.
The arrest was due to C.P.C. 1421 who, whilst on duty in Broalway at 4.10 a.m. on Monday, saw the defendants passing in a riesha with a_suspicous-looking box and bag. He stopped them, and with the assistance of a Japanese detective searched the luggage, dis. covering 40 tins of diacetyl morphine, each containing about 25 oz., and of the total value of $20,000.
Murakami was also charged with having smuggled a quantity opium into the Settlement.
The accused were remanded.
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