Shanghai, Nov. 18, gang of suspected' petty coal thieves, eight in number, who are alleged' to have been engaged stealing coal sweepings from. the bottoms of lighters in the Whangpoo River, were rounded up by. police during, the past few days, One of the gang, the alleged receiver of the stolen coal, faced the Judge in the Second Special District Court yester= day morning and was charged with receiving stolen property by the Cus-He was remand-custody pending furth vestigation The alleged receiver was arrested when he attempted to claim a boat: load of about 15 tons of mixed coal, mostly coal dust and sweepings, Fol-Towing his arrest seven other' sutpects were taken into custody by: police from Chengtu Road Station at he request of the River Police.
Coal stealing has been gain on Shanghai on a. petty scale for years with numerous small-time thieves Doing engaged in this none too lu era tive. profession, "The lurgest. haul of coat recovered from coal thieves in the past few years was a bontlond of 60 tons which was seized in the Whangpoo River by the River Police, There a certain amount of coal lost importers in' Shanghai month through squeeze. "A certain pet Ko is allowed for leakage and this pereentaye is usually taken eae of by boat crews. Then too another method of squeeze is leaving a {ain "amount vot "sweeping in I Bottoms "of the lighters while tine coond High Court
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