Customs Seizures During the Past Quarter: Some Comparisons Peking, June 27.
The International Anti-Opium Association states that during the quarter ended on June 18, 1924, there were seized by the Maritime Customs, Shanghs 216 packets containing 119 Ib. of morphia, manufactured by Marek, Germany, seized on the str. Latvia, also 40 tins containing 1,000 oz. of heroin seized on the str. Aachen. The latter seizure was unlabelled both as to name of drug and manufacturer.
Durng the last 12 months the seizure of unlabelled narcotics greatly increased. During the same! quarter in 1923, in nine seizures representing three different countries and comprising nearly 4,000 o2. of nnareotic, only one seizure of 60 odd ounces was not labelled either as to drug or "manufacturer.
With the increasing activities of the League of Nations in connexion, with drug traffic there is a growing, desire to avoid detection on the part of _manufacturers—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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