Following the appearance of four} alleged members of a huge dope ring in the Second Special District Court yesterday, further arrests are expected to be made by the French Police in what promises to be one of the biggest opium smuggling cases to appear in the Shanghai courts this year.
In conjunction with the Customs River Police and the Customs authorities the French police are continuing investigations following the seizure of no less than $300,000 worth of nar-cetics on Wednesday evening. The four men who made their appearance in court were remanded until next Thursday without any evidence being offered against them. By that time the police anticipate that other arrests will have been made and the chain pleted.
The ringleaders of the smuggling gang escaped the police dragnet which was set into motion immediately after the arrest of the men and search parties are scouring the city in an effort to place them under lock and key.
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