Tear-gas was used by the Settlement Police early yesterday morning io rout robbery suspects from a straw-hut after an exchange of shots between them and the police. The incident occurred during a series of raids which resulted in the arrest of nine Chinese—seven men and two women—and the seizure of two pi: tols with ammunition and one imstation gun. One suspect was wounded and was taken to the Police Hospital in an ambulance.
The raids began shortly after midnight when a party of detective led by Det. Sub-Insp. W. G. Smith, left Louza Station. It was during the detectives' visit to a straw-hut in Ying Hwa Li, off Robison Road, that two of the suspects sought to escape and opened fire on the police. Many shots were fired on both sides, and the Reserve Unit was summoned.
Members of this unit threw gas bombs into the straw-hut and routed the barricaded bandits.
Raiding was carried on by the Louza Station detectives from 1245 midnight until 5.30 a.m., partly in the Settlement and partly in the French Concession. Altogether seven men and two women were arrested. They were brought before the First Special District Court later in the day and ordered held.
In a search for pistols in the Pootoo Road district, Headquarters detectives under Det, Sub-Insp. G. Pryde recovered one imitation pistol from the bottom of a pond. They arrested three suspects, A wounded man believed to be a robber was taken from the corner of Macao and Ferry Roads to hospital at 1145 am.
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