The Archive · 1937

Police Injured by Smugglers

'Two Chinese policemen were me jured in Tsingtao by a gang of about thirty armed Koreans during a grim battle on, July 8 when the. latter attempted' io take by force 231 cases of smuggled cigarettes confiscated by the Customs, says Central News, 'The Koreans. came Into conflict with the 'Chinese police when the contraband. was in' the process of being unloaded from the' Customs Jerulser atter it had been seized from the smugglers at Suilinshan Island, off Tsingtao. The Koreans later fed When the Japanese Consular police arrived at the scene,

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