Shanghai, Oct, 26. Stated to have no fewer than 42 previous convictions between them, five Russians who were arrested by raiding party under Detective Sub-Inspector Konovaloff on Oct 21 appeared in the First Special District Court yesterday.
The men were Dmitri V. Kuznotsoft, Alexel Sokoloff, Gregory D. Dobuleff, MMihall I, Terentieft and Alexel A Ivanoff. "The prisoners were said to have 9, 13, 4, 12 and 4 previous convietion respectively.
'As reported in the "North-China Dally News," the men were arrested at House 24, Dent Terrace, off Dent Road when' 24 yards of telephone cable were recovered as well of a set of burglars' tools. They wore detained for one week.
Detective Poses as Ship's Captain Shanghai, Oct, 25.
Posing as captain of' a French coastal steamship, Det,-Sub-Ins} Maklaevsky was' able to arrest two members of a counterfeit gang it was slated in the First Special District Court yesterday when Yang Yung-pao and Wong Ying-kao, accused of being possession of spurious notes to the value of $1,500 were remanded until next week when sentence will be In court it was stated that despite the large seizure of banknotes the police had been unable to locate the printing plant and it is believed that several members of the gang are still large.
The two men were arrested on October 15 when Det.-Sub-Insp, Mak. laevsky, posing as the captain of a French coastal. vessel, met the first accused at Klessling's cafe on Bubbling Well Road. The officer agreed to buy $10,000 of fake notes from him for a sum of $2,000. Later Yang delivered $2,000 in notes on the Bank of China in '$5 bills at the Tien Shuan Lodging House on Chefoo Road and the was placed under arrest. The detective seized 3,100 more from him and the second accused was arrested at 952 Peking Road.
All the fake notes were cleverly manufactured it was stated in court and only experts would have been able to distinguish them from real notes.
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