After conferring with the Chinese authorities, the Settlement police fon August Bi conducted a series Of lightning raids during which they arrested five alleged ringleaders in the robbery of $100,000 from a mes-Senger of the Hangchow Industrial] Bank in North Honan Road on August 28.
Two of those arrested ere women, ne of whom was in possession part of the stolen sum.
The first arrest was made at No. 42 Manchuria Road, Chapel, at 8 aim. the wife of a suspect being apprehended. Acting om information volunteered by this woman the police next raided a house i Kaifeng Road, where her husband was arrested. The husband gave the police information which resulted in the arrest of another man in an alleyway near Louza Police Station. This man in turn told the police that the leaders of the gang which had engineered the robbery were hiding in the Sun ma Sun Hotel. Another woman and man were subsequently arrested in a room there and part of the money recovered from the woman.
The women and the men will be brought before the Special District Court this morning, when the police will ask for an indefinite remand to Jpermit of further inquiries being made with a view to recovery of the! Dalance of the stolen sum.
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