Hawker from Pootung Has 44 Ib. in Bundles A smart Chinese policeman, C.P.S. 1943, was responsible for the seizure of 44 1b. of raw opium at the Customs Jetty yesterday afternoon end the arrest of the man who was trying to smuggle the narcotic in from Pootung. The value of the haul, at the present high price, is estimated at about $8,000.
The seizure was made at 5.10 o'clock when the actions of a hawker who was carrying two big bundles of clothing attracted the attention of the Chinese sergeant. The sergeant halted the man and insisted on searching the bundles. The clothing contained two 22-pound tins of opium!
Forty-four pounds is the largest seizure of opium made in the International Settlement since the National Government's suppression plan started to operate in 1936. There has been a recrudescence of opium smuggling along the waterfronts of the Settlement and the! French Concession since last years hostilities.
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