Six Suspects Arrested in a City-Wide Round-Up No fewer than six suspected armed robbers were rounded up by detectives and officers of the French Police yesterday morning in various parts of Shanghai. In the course of a watch kept in the vicinity of Rue Amiral Courbet, following ûn investigation which was opened ater an attempted armed robbery on the Cie. Francaise de Tramways Elec-tuques (French Tramways) in February last, one was arrested yesterday The attempt in February resulted in the arrest and ' imprisonment of two robbers, and the man taken into Custody yesterday is believed to be the third member of the gang, who up to now has managed to slip through every net thrown out for his capture.
At about the same time, two other men were arrested at the corner oí Rue Amiral Courbet and Rue Ratard, and they are suspected to be members of another gang of armed robbers, They were all taken to the station, where the lone robber is said to have admitted taking part in the attempted tramway company robbery. A search of his rooms in a house in Chapei resulted in the seizure by the police of two automatic pistols, fully loaded, spare magazines and a quantity of ammunition, The arrests of the other two men led to the further arrests in Singapore Road of three suspected robbers Who are believed by the French Police to be members of the same gang. While the tramway robbery is now practically a closed case, an investigation into the activities of the other five men is being conducted 29th
ARMY MORALE SAID
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