swift series of raids carried Shanghai, Mar, 5. out by different parties of deter tives between 9, P.m, on March 3 and 1 p.m, yesterday, 17 men and four women were arrested at various addresses in the Internationa! Settlement and the French Concession, all of whom. are believed to be connected wi ith the different gangs of armed robbers which have operated in this city in recent weeks.
The first raid on March 3, was carried out by ten detec~ tives under Detective-Sergeant G. F, Rhodes, when a straw-hut off Lane 290, Ferry Road, was searched, When the party arrived at the address, one of the two move as if to draw a pistol and was incapacitated and a.38 call inmates of the dwelling made a after a considerable struggle, he ibre Colt Police Positive revolver was found tucked inside his waistband, with six rounds of ammunition. the weapon being loaded The two arrested men, Zen Tsoong: ts, 20, and Liew Pau-di, 34, were taken to headquarters for questioning and, fs a result of information thus obtain= the same police party searched a number of straw-huts" and other dwellings in the vicinity of-the first tone, but without result, The two Suspects are said to have admitted that they participated in various arm= ed robberies in the Pootoo Road dis-
{iet, within recent weeks, whilst a third man, Lee Sah-ching-ts, who was the straw-hut when the police ar~ rived there, was released, investiga tions having revealed that he was not in any way connected with the thugs.
'Questioned as to the origin of the revolver, Zen said that he had bought it from a friend, about a year ayo, paying $15 for it, but that the previous owner had left' Shanghai some time qo and had returned to his native village. Both suspects were remanded custody by the First Special Diss {ict Court yesterday morning, fo enable the police to make further vestigations into the case.
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