In a series of round-ups yesterday, the French Police took into custody a number of suspects, both male and female, who are alleged to have subsequently confessed to be members of gangs, planning to commit crimes in the Concession during the day. At bout 10.30 am., French detectives in the neighbourhood of Rue Lafayette and Rue Amiral Bayle arrested two men and a woman who seemed to be acting suspiciously. The woman was found to be carrying a milltany-type Mauser pistol, two cases containing 25 cartridges, anda fully-loaded re~ volver, Shortly afterwards, two other suspects) were arrested off Avenue Joffre, Enquiries made subsequently load the French Police to believe that they were all members of a gang planning to commit a highway rob ery, and that the woman was carry= ing the weapons to the scene of the rime. Enquiries are proceeding.
At about 4 pin., French detectives! patrolling Rue Pere Dugout heard shouts for help and hastening to the scene arrested two men who wers running away. 'One of them was: carrying an automatic pistol loaded with tve cartridges, "Taken to the: police station, they subsequently confessed, according to the police, to having pretended to be trying to rent a room' in a Chinese house in order to enter the house without suspicion.
Once they were inside, they admitted, the armed robber pulled aut hhls weapon and endeavoured to inmidate the occupants of the house. Mho owner, however, unexpectedly shouted for help and the tio robbers fled. Subsequent enquiries verited this' account,
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