The Archive · 1937

Police Raid Straw Hut Colony

Considerable excitement reigned in the straw hut colony in Tatung Road, Chapel, on June 30, when a party of Chinese Police armed with Pistols and wearing steel vests, raided one of the dwellings. One suspect was arrested and in his abode were found (we pistols and several rounds of ammunition.

The policemen arrived in several cars. After a cordon had been thrown und a section of the colony, the armed men broke into the particular hut, During the raid, nobody was sited to flier in the vey.

arrested suspect was reported have been wanted in several rob-ery and theft cases in Nantao and Chapel

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