Bags containing $6,000 red pills (opium substitutes) were displayed In the Second Special District Court on Monday as evidence against three Chinese arrested by the French Police on the charge of manufscturing and. smuggling narcotics. The police frst seized approximately 7,000 Fed pills. ina Chinese dwelling' off Boulevard de Montigny and arrested Fung Ah-kwei on Sunday morning. Information given by Fung led 10 raids on three other alleged narcotic agencies off Avenue Joffre, Rue Paul Beau, and Rue Auguste Hoppo, where two more arrests were made and 49,- (000 red pills seized.
The Uiree accused were remanded, pending further inquiries.
Acconsine fo the report of the! Municipal Health Department, there were four foreig and 264 Chinese Geaths in the Settlement last week—tone death from tables. One foreigner Suffered from encephalitiss lethargic, while another had schistosomiasis Among the Chinese population, sixteen deaths from. tuberculosis were reported, as were eleven from Yyphold fever. The offctal French report states that two forelgoers and 5 Chinese died during the week.
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