Smart Captures by the Police:
Riesha Stopped By Loafers and Fare Robbed The "Mingkuopao" reports an epidemic of armed robberies in the French Concession during tha past few days, the first of which occurred in a grocer's shop near Zee Ka Dong Alleyway, where it is stated that 10 entered the premises at 9 p.m. and at the point of pistols held up and intimidate ed the proprietor and assistants, from whom they took $50. The gang then crossed the road and entered a second shop and after going through the same intimidd-Won performance again made a net haul of $50.
The third robbery took place at an address (not mentioned) on Siccawei Road, when again 10 men drove up in two motors at 11 a.m. on Monday. After gaining admittance, they presented their arms and carried off a trunk full of valuable contents which the police later ascertained to have contained opium. Some one luckily notice ed the number of one car, 3562, and both the Settlement Police and the French authorities began investigations immediately. As a matter of fact the officers on this side were at the garage located at 735 Chekiang Road within 15 minutes after the report had been received, but the machine was already in its accustomed place. Their inquiries brough. then to 557 Chengtu Road, where Wong Mei-sung and one Koh were taken into custody, These confessed and implicated the others and the officers from Wayside Station found two more ati 369 East Seward Road—Mah Zung-sung and Li Ah-yeu, They were handed over to the French authorities. At 3.15 p.m. a deta: from Sinza Station searched the premises 211 South Chengtu Road, to which address, they, had been' told, the opium had been removed from 557 Chengtu Road. They found there the container of the opium and many small packets in imitation of drug parcels but made of matting instead, the contraband having been removed already. The total of arrests yesterday afternoon numbered five though it was anticipated that the remainder would be caught during the night.
The speed with which the local police cooperated with the French and the determined manner in which the culprits were caught, adds but to the laurels they have won in connexion with the two armed robberies of last week.
At 230 p.m. on Monday Yao Pao-sze, who resides at 491 Kui-feng Road was proceeding along an alleyway in a ricsha just off Range -Road when another 10 men, unarmed loafers, approached the vehicle, while it was passing the Free Christian Church.
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