Cee olna Hime women, all of þeen armed the objects stolen.
While two of the men kept close watch over the occupants of the house, the other thugs, yo the. time. The complainant stood to have told the police that the
hands under their gowns either' two women in the gang had ing pistols or else making believe that they were armed. In any ase, neither one of the two women duced pistols.
This is believed to be the first time in recent months that female members of a gang actually participated in a robbery as hitherto they were merely used to carry the weapons close to the scene of the contemplated crime so that if their men were to fall into the hands of a police search party, no weapons would: be found on them. Children were also frequently used in carrying weapons io and from the scenes of armed crimes.
Detectives from West Hongkew station are understood to have started investigations although no clues are yet believed to be in their possession, as Eight Arrested in may
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