In court it was stated that Tsung together with three others now serving prison sentences had supplied 200 taels of raw opium to two members of the crew of the U.S. T. Chaumont in December 1936. The second consignment comprising 300 taels was allegedly supplied by him as was the last delivery made in February of this year when the'sailors took 405 taels Worth of the drug. Tsung was remanded for one week when the police will offer further evidence of his alleged participation in the smuggling ring.
The case against Tsung follow arrest of the two American sailors in San Francisco when they and two other Americans on shore received sentences for their part in the smuggling scheme. Information was given to the U.S. authorities by the men and raids carried out in Shanghai resulted. in prison sentences being given to three men who were found guilty of having been in touch with the sailors.
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