The Archive · 1935

Police Make Huge Narcotics Haul

350,000 Pills and Other Equipment Seized

Perhaps the largest seizure of nar-cetic "red pills" in the history of 'Shanghai was made by the police last Wednesday afternoon' in North Che-Kiang Road, when a total of 350,000 pill. was: confiscated following an investigation which began early-in the day in the French Concession. In the morning, the French Municipal Police entered a Chinese house in Rue de Tourane and found fan opium pipe and a package con-

International Settlement, Without losing a moment, the French detectives communicated with the Settlement Police, whose cooperation they obtained, and a joint police party" was organized immediately and sent to a North Chekiang Road address. The officers sur-bags containing 350,000 pills in 35 silk sacks—10,000 in each sack. Again two men were arrested for complicity in the gigantic narcotic scheme, "making a total of six, prisoners." This was in the after-hoon, and the trail was still "hot"

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