Searches Detectives from Louza station, in ce-operation with the Reserve Unit and about 50 members of the Russian Regiment, Shanghai Volunteer Corps, staged two raids early yesterday evening, no arrests or seizures being made.
The first place to be visited, was the Grand Hotel at the corner of Canton and Vu Ya Ching Roads, which the Volunteers surrounded a few [minutes after 6 p.m. Shortly afterwards, the Red Marias and a van containing the detective parties arrived on the scene and commenced a systematic search of the large buildirg When this raid was completed some 30 minutes afterwards, the convoy proceeded to the Hotel of China on Kweichow Road where the same procedure was adopted.
Pedestrians who found themselves within the cordoned-off districts, were submitted to a careful search prior to being permitted to leave, whilst no cne was allowed to enter or leave the hotels when the raids were in progress.
As usual, the search parties worked with lightening rapidity, searching all rooms and guests. No arrests or seizures were made however. The police parties returned to Louza station shortly before 7 p.m.
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