The discovery of a large heroin pills factory on the top floor of No. 4 United Terrace, Ho Mun Tin Street, Ho Mun Tin, was described. befor Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the Kow-Joon Magistracy Jost week when seven Chinese "were charged with the the ossessioh of 285,000 diacetyl mor Phine pil Mr. W.. M. Thomson, Assistant Superintendent of Imporis and Exports, conducted the prosecution while Mr, 'G. 8, Hug! defence, Mr, Thomson: 1 am asking for the ease to be taken summarily, your Worship.
'Describing' the raid, Mr, Thomson said:—On July 3, Det-Insp. Eiston, Det.
Insp, Cunningham and Revenue Neill went to 3, United Ho Mun Tin, at about 3.50 pam. S.'1, Cunningham and a party went ahead and positioned themselves fon the root, "Insp, Elston and RO. O'Neill went to the front entrance and knocked on the door. A female voice asked what, they wanted and they. announced themselves as the police. There were sounds of mutfering and no attempt was made to open the door so they burst it open. There was a general stampede," Inspector Elston chased two men who tried to escape and he caught one of them, the fourth defendant near the fire exit, P, C. C187 caught the third defendant at the fire escape, In the Kitchen they found the three women, fAfth, sixth and seventh defendants.
6, O'Neill then entered the room next to the kitchen where he found three amply tins which probably had contained icing sugar and two th that contained icing sugar; also a pal of seales hanging on the wall, also found a tin which contained a porcelain bowl and a cup all of which showed signs of red heroin mixture. In the same room he found a pill counting board and five sieves.
R, O. O'Neill went tp room No, 3 which was locked from the inside. Ho tried to open it but failed the first time, The second time just as ho had his hand on the handle the door was suddenly opened from the inside, Ho found the frst and second defendants standing alongside a bed hear the door, On a long table were Tientsin, Aug. 1.
New tactics nave been adopted by local smugglers to transport contraband goods to the interior. Large consignments of smuglied goods are reported {0 have been. transport from this city by trucks in the nighttime during the past days to List yuanchuen, west of Tientsin, where they loaded them in junks destined to Shantung and Honan.
Upon the receipt of this inform: tion, local Customs authorities in mediately dispatched Inspectors to Investigate the situation:
Mr. H. D. Billiard, Tientsin Customs Commissioner, alled on General Chang Tse-chung, Mayor Tientsin, requesting him to. instruct the local police to assist in' the suppression of smuggling activities Central News.
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