One alert young officer examined a cargo of flour. He prised open seven crates which looked very innocent. He got covered in flour, but perseverance was rewarded. Underneath the layers of flour were quantities of saccharine, on which there is a heavy duty.
Business men in foreign countries where there are restrictions on the export of currency try to send their money to Britain hidden in barrels of harmless scrap metal. One haul revealed coins worth £1,200.
In Sweden to-day there is a young man who is "going straight." He had a bitter experience. He was left, as a legacy, a white steam yacht capable of taking him anywhere in the world. Friends told him how esy it would be to make big money by smuggling goods into Britain. The smuggling was unmasked on his very first trip. Heavy fines were paid and the yacht was seized.
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