MANY unsolved armea robberies and other crimes are believed to be much nearer to solution, following a series of swift raids carried out by a large number of police parties from the various Settlement police stations, during the past 48 hours, following which 45 suspects were nabbed whilst a hand-grenade, three pistols and a large amount of ammunition was also seized.
Amongst recent crimes believed to have been committed by the gang is the $30,000 robbery perpetrated some weeks ago at a coal hong on Sinza Road when some 600 coolies were held up by a comparatively small number of gunmen who carried their loot away in large baskets.
Responsible for the greater number of arrests, was a party consisting of Det-Insp. R. F. Tabrum, Det-Sergis. H. E. Greenfield, J. H. "Ware and Wong Ching-sung, who operated from Bubbling Well station and raided eight houses in various parts of the Settlement and the Concession between Thursday evening and yesterday morning. They nabbed 28 men and nine women in all and were also responsible for the seizure of the weapons and the ammunition. Some 27 pawn-tickets and a quantity of clothing believed to originate from recently-committed armed robberies, were also seized.
Meanwhile, detectives from Wayside station under Det. Sergt. C. J. McCahey arrested ten men, six at an address at Yochow Road. These men are believed to be responsible for the series or armed robberies perpetrated in the Wayside district during the past few months.
Another police party, from Yangtszepoo, arrested three men and recovered a pistol and a few rounds of ammunition during a raid carried out in a village of Sungpang Road on Thursday.
All those arrested, have been placed on a writ of detention, when they appeared before the First Special District Court yesterday morning as police have not had time to investigate the various suspects. his work, it is believed, will take at least a week as individual questioning of each suspect will be necessary.
It could not be learned yesterday evening whether or not members of the gang arrested by the officers from Bubbling Well station were responsible for the daring robbery of-a foreign house on Avenue Foch a few days ago, when $2,000 worth of jewellery and money were stolen whilst servants had been conveniently locked into a bath-room.
Questioning so far merely revealed that the gangs had been responsible for a number of armed robberies in the Sinza and West Hongkew di: tricts and these clues are now being followed up whilst. investigating officers confidently expect that other unsolved crimes have also been perpetrated by those now being detained, Judgment Restored in
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