Cairo, July 28.
One of the biggest hashish smuggling gangs in the world has been broken up with the trial and conviction of 16 persons, including the notorious "dope-dealer," Mohamed Abdul el Sueisse.
Each of the 16 men tenced to-day to five years' imprison and fined £1,000, Two of the accused received lesser sentences, while several others were acquitted.
The evidence showed that hashish was carried over the desert from Syria to Suez via Palestine. From there it was conveyed to the Mogattam hills, where it was divided into small parcels and hidden in tombs in cemeteries around Cairo.
For many years the ring-leade of the gang defied the efforts of the police to catch them, the efficiency of their own secret service helping them to elude capture—Reuter.
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