Three Chinese were charged in the District Court on April 19 with counterfeiting a trade ark of the BAT. Con Ltd, when two Taree boxes containing' yards of cigarettes. which were not only with the name "Victory" printed them, were placed before Judge Shen' as evidence.
appears that H.B, Soong of tha Jeyal department of the BAT, Coy was told by a friend that had seen goalies carrying two boxeg cigarettes which appeared of the *Vietory" brand into 108% Sen Yih Lee alleyway off Pings Luang Road. Mr. Soong reported the natter to Yangtszepoo Police Station, end DetoSzt. O'Rourke with other' Getectives raided the premises and found in an upstairs. room the ove exes spoken of by' the friend Mr. Soong. 1 There were 8,000 Victory stamped cigarette pnekages cclzed, in which the alleged spurious cigarettes were 19 Lo packed, with about $0,000 une cut cigarettes. 'These after being ricked, said DeteSgt. O'Rourke, rriving' evidence, were taken with great epeed to the small cigarette hops in the Settlement to be sold, time was wasted because i Would cost the proprietor a lot of money should his alleged spurious roeds be seized by the police.
'A week's remand was asked fon and was given for the police t0 further their inquiries,
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