Three Chinese suspected of having participated ina number of recent farmed crimes in the turbulent western "district were arrested on March 22 near the Jessneld camp of the British military. They were challenged and seized by two Chinese constables of the Shanghat Municipal Police, on patrol from the Bubbling Well Station, The constables thought they were acting in a furtive manner and told them to stop. A subsequent search produced a.32- calibre automatic pistol, which one fof the men was carrying concealed, No shots were fired on either side.
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