Large Narcotic Ring Many, Nabbed On information received, detectives from Chengtu Road police station raided a Chinese house in Lane 357
Weihaiwei Road shortly after 8 p.m. last night, arrested 13 men and six women and seized about 20 ounces of opium as well as pipes, lamps, opium ashes other smoking paraphernalia and some chips used in gambling.
This raid was believed last night to be the first step in the undoing of a large gang engaged in trafficking the drug and at the time of going to press, a series of additional raids were understood to be in progress. The gang was believed to consist of Cantonese as all the persons arrested in the house were natives of the southern province.
Among the evidence seized, was a bank account book and some cor-
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