A sensational raid on the Cher Chow drug store in Kulangsu (the foreign residential area in the is: land opposite Amoy) was made by the police yesterday when a quantity of" morph jum was discovered and seized, The owner, Huang Ching-an, is naturalized Spanish was Inter when attempting to escape from Kolangsu.
On the premises the police discovered five wooden boxes each containing approximately 200 Ibs. of morphia and about 750 piculs of] Indian opium packed in 30 wooden casks. The boxes containing motphia, it is alleged, bore marks showing Uhat they were passed by Customs examiners. The seized costraband is now in the custody of the Kulangeu Municipal Council, The raid was the result of a secret investigation by the Pukien anti-opium authorities who acted Information supplied by the! National Anti-Opiam Association of Shanghai and is generally considered a serious blow to the local "dope" ring. Further arrests are expected.
'Two members of the Fukien Provineial Opium Suppression Committee were specially sent to Amoy' from Foochow to supervise the raid, which was conducted jointly by the Kulangsu police and Chinese de-tactives fiom Amoy. The President of the Kulangsu the Police Commissioner and the:
raid, French Cent were present at the The Kulangsu Kuomintang has been considerably agitated over the raid. A meeting was held yesterday at which the following resolations were passed.
the Chinese law does not} recognize naturalization of Chinese citizens, the manager of the drug store should be tried in a Chines court.
Since the drug store quired Spanish nationality, its name should be struck off from membership in the Kulangsu Federation of Merchants.
3. The seized opium and drugs should be publicly destroyed.
4. The Ministry of Foreign At-fairs should be asked to make: representations to both the Spanish and French Ministers and demand the recall of the French Consul for giving protection to the illicit tra-Sic and for alleged interference with the raiding party—Kuo Mia.
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