Swooping down upon a gang of armed robbers, responsible for two robberies committed at Rue Amiral Bayle and Rue Bluntschli, the French Police arrested three suspects et an hotel in Canton Road on Wednesday night The arrests were made with the assistance of the Shanghai Municipal Police. Simultaneously, another police party took three more suspects into custody in two rooms Of an hotel situated in Passage 604 Foochow Road. Taken to the Central Police Station, the six men admitted having taken part in the robberies. In the robbery committed at Rue Amiral Bayle, one man was killed and another was arrested while attempting to escape.
Meanwhile, a third party of French Police had been keeping a close watch at Canton Road, and a seventh robber was arrested a short time after the other six men. On information obtained from this man, a loaded automatic pistol was seized at 163 Pakhoi Road, and a second pistol, also loaded, was found in a shop off Rue Hue, the owner of which was also arrested.
The police operations, which resulted in the arrest of all the mem. bers of the gang, were concluded at 5 o'clock yesterday morning. Among those arrested, most of whom were old offenders, one had been sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment, imposed in 1934 for taking part in an armed robbery.
Four Chinese, one armed, took part in an armed robbery at 126 Rue Pere Dugout at 830 yesterday morning. The alarm was raised, and the robbers took to their heels without seize ing any booty. The one member of the gang who was armed took fright and dropped his weapon, an automa-tie pistol which was handed over to the French Police.
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